FTFY. You ain't think MJ (or anyone) dresses themselves at home or in their dressing room for a photo shoot with a premier fashion mag, right?
Now, let's look at young adult version of MJ (pretty sure he was dressing himself for these pics):
Emulating Theo Huxtable wasn't the sh!t back then, and judging from these current NBA cats dressing like clowns at their post game press conferences, it ain't the sh!t today neither
Moral of the story is this is one nikka who cannot be left to his own devices when it comes to clothes
This was normal attire for like 81-82. He's dressed pretty decent in these pics imo. Minus the umbrella of course.