Owen Loof: ‘The best dressed man In Rockaway’
A 74-year-old retiree named Owen Loof has garnered local fame for being the “Best Dressed Man in Rockaway” with his array of festive garb.with a suit that features red and white stripes on one side and white stars against a blue background on the other.
He had started performing standup comedy, and a friend flagged a turquoise suit with a pink flamingo and palm tree print at a Long Island Kohl’s for him to wear onstage. At the time, he was doing a Myron Cohen-esque bit with jokes about aging.Loof invested $3,000 in 25 suits and dozens of bedazzled blazers to wear for special occasions, comedy performances and at his favorite local bar Connelly’s, seen here, where he met his late wife Peggy in 1970.
Those looking to catch his looks have the best chance of seeing Loof on the boardwalk around 97th Street or at 96th Street’s Amphitheater – where he recently played Theseus in a “Midsummer Night’s Dream”Those looking to catch his looks have the best chance of seeing Loof on the boardwalk around 97th Street or at 96th Street’s Amphitheater. “I’ll be walking around and people will say, ‘Oh we have to take a picture with you!’ I never get tired of it,” Loof told The Post.
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