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Q: I have been watching "Family Feud" since it first came on with Richard Dawson, who started the tradition of dressing sharp with those three-piece suits. I've been wondering lately about Steve Harvey's clothes — are they his own suits? Or are they ones

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Adam Thomlison / TV Media

The suits "Family Feud" host Steve Harvey wears are his own, and he says that lately he's actually been trying to break from the show's tradition.

You might have noticed a significant change in his style about two years ago — a number of fashion insiders certainly did. He continued to dress pretty formally — in the tradition of the show's previous hosts, as you say. But sources such as the venerable GQ magazine have been commenting on a new embrace of color and pattern in his suits.

He said in an interview with GQ that the show had previously been a bit restrictive. The way it's shot, he said, meant that he couldn't get too flashy without causing problems in the editing process. But he said after they saw him in a few TV appearances dressing "how I dress when I'm not at work," they realized that his style could be TV-friendly after all. And Harvey ran with it.

"It was a breath of fresh air for me, because it took the shackles off. And even though I'm 64 years old, my motto is to be fly 'til I die."

He said he went to his personal stylist, Elly Karamoh, and asked him to help him put a new wardrobe together. And you've been seeing the results for the past couple of years.

Karamoh told GQ that it was "absolutely" scary to suggest that Harvey make any changes to his already-defined style, but said that they ultimately arrived at a style they were both happy with. (And apparently the audience is happy with it, too.)

 

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