Prince Charles - tailoring

"The brute covers himself, the rich man and the fop adorn themselves, the elegant man dresses!"

-Honore de Balzac

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Houndstooth
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Thu Sep 08, 2005 8:04 am

A reliable source suggested to me recently that nowadays PC has moved away from bespoke suits to a MTM/MTM variant from Turnbull & Asser.
I'm not trying to denigrate PC (in fact I'm a great admirer of his 'dress sense') but I wondered if anyone knew of anything to either support or deny the suggestion??

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manton
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Thu Sep 08, 2005 11:00 am

About a year ago, several people noticed that A&S no longer held the PoW's warrant. Rumor was that he had switched to Gieves. I did see him in at least one suit that looked like Gieves to me. But mostly he appears to be wearing his old A&S rig. Maybe he has so many he simply does not need any more.

But I know nothing definitive, apart from the fact that A&S lost the warrant.
DFR
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Fri Sep 09, 2005 11:01 am

It would be interesting to learn what his sons do. William seems to have some well tailored suits of both single and double breasted styles which suit him well. Harry in a suit seems altogether rarer although his Sandhurst training may smarten him up.

Does anyone know if they have made their own way alomng Saville Row or what they do?

DFR
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