And he was also something no Mexican father wanted their son to become: flamboyant, a queen — and unapologetic.
His stick was wielded with admirable precision, but his gestures of exhortation often became downright flamboyant.
That way, for instance, the comical Sidebottoms became the flamboyant sid-AY-bo-TOMS.
He became the flamboyant, daunting, pronouncement-making designer envisioned in our fevered imagination.
A solicitor by profession, Mr Abse became a flamboyant figure in Westminster, renowned for his dandyish attire.
"They became incredibly flamboyant, wearing very tight pantaloons and high-waisted jackets with big lapels," he said.
In the case of Mr. Grubman and Mr. Blodget, as their influence grew, their e-mail became more flamboyant.
More generally, he became a flamboyant populist in office, a la Chavez, lowering school fees and raising the minimum wage and antagonizing the local business class.
As I fanned through his career, the tracksuits became more flamboyant (handmade, in fact), the jewellery bigger, the look darker, meaner, with wraparound shades.
She became a flamboyant feminist punk icon through her work with her band X-Ray Spex, and continued to carve a boldly idiosyncratic path in both her subsequent solo recordings and her lifestyle.
Ponti's early experience at Richard Ginori fostered his love of rich colors, exuberant shapes and fine craftsmanship, all of which were deeply unfashionable for most of his career, but remained important to him, even though his work became less flamboyant over the years.
