It is interesting to place the two previous posts - the villain, and the teacher - in contrast to this. The formality of everyone surrounding him is obvious, and he is more formal than ever elsewhere in the film. Interesting to note is the number of three-piece double breasted suits visible - of three suits, two of them are this character, today considered an oddity. Perhaps in this day, of air conditioned offices, &c.
But those are not the focus - it is an interesting point of this shot that, though the image is crowded, though there are many faces, McQueen's immediately leaps to the forefront, atop his low-contrast outfit, led directly to by his dark silk knit tie. If this shot proves anything sartorially, it is the ability of the silk knit tie to exist in any situation - here it is used casually, but it is as easily imaginable in any other case - and one will notice that no one else in the room is wearing a black tie - in anything else but silk knit, it would be too formal. For a man who, like McQueen's character in this film, can afford few clothes, there can be no better choice.
Also notice the softness of his jacket, and the leather-covered buttons. Just details of sartorial history, but the blood of clothes is the details, and the life is in the blood.
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