what about lakunle clothing that make him look ridiculous

Lakunle's clothing shows a disregard for traditional attire. His attempt at western clothing makes him look ridiculous,  

He is dressed in an old-style English suit, threadbare but not ragged, clean but not ironed, obviously a size or two too small. His tie is done in a verysmall knot, disappearing beneath a shiny black waistcoat. He wears twenty-three-inch-bottom trousers, and blanco-white tennis shoes