Costumes are symbolic as well as functional. As a crusading young puplisher, Kane favors whites. He often removes his jacket and tie while working. Later in life, he is almost always in black business suits and ties. Emily’s clothes look expensive, but with an understated elegance. She always looks like a well-bred young matron-fashionable, modest, and feminine. Susan favors simple clothes before meeting Kane. After meeting him, she is generally dressed in ritzy patterned dresses, sometimes sprinkled with sequins-like an aging showgirl parading her loot.