French professor accused of 'gigantic hoax' after inventing Nobel-style prize

"Florent Montaclair, then 46, a balding, bespectacled figure in an ill-fitting suit and rosé-coloured shirt, ..."

What a disgusting style: Not by Montaclair, by the author. Why would anyone put emphasis on such irrelevant, superfluous details? (Never really) Grown up on Instagram?