An Oxford Man?

Hype about the newly released movie "The Great Gatsby" has been covering the media.  One of the most interesting ways I have seen the movie advertised is through Brooks Brothers limited time ‘Great Gatsby Collection’.  The high-class store has created a line of men’s clothing that replicates clothing from the 1920, and clothing unique to "The Great Gatsby". One of the unique clothing items I would like to focus on is the Gatsby’s pink suit.  

The coat alone is on sale for 698.00; clearly the coat is only for those who are very wealthy, and therefore we can reasonably infer high-class individuals.  Yet, in the book The Great Gatsby Tom a wealthy man from east egg doesn’t believe Gatsby is an Oxford man because of his attire "An oxford man! Like hell he is! He wears a pink suit" (122).  Oxford is one of the leading universities in the world, consisting of only the most wealthy and elite.  Tom doesn’t believe Gatsby attended this high-class institution because of his choice in clothing.  Therefore the pink suit is not considered high class and seems to be an indicator of low class to Tom.  Brooks Brothers a high-class store is selling a pink suit in honor of 'The Great Gatsby’, the suit is considered to be an indicator of low class in 'The Great Gatsby'.  The fact that Brooks Brothers is selling this suit classifies it as a high-class commodity, yet the book in which the suit is honoring is saying the opposite.  All in all Americans will still buy the suit and assume it is a "classy" thing to do.  I believe that this ignorance tells us a lot about the American Society.  For Americas are reliant, and believe everything that society and the media says.  Therefore Americans should be more skeptic of what the society tells us.