You're right. On first read I thought it made a tongue-in-cheek turn to why you might listen to him anyway, got disgusted, and stopped reading. My mistake the

You're right. On first read I thought it made a tongue-in-cheek turn to why you might listen to him anyway, got disgusted, and stopped reading. My mistake there. But really, why write a whole article about a number of pieces of clothing the emperor's not wearing?