David Cameron

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

-Honore de Balzac

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JRLT
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Fri Oct 09, 2009 9:23 am

Our likely future PM is a Richard James customer:

http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life ... 867084.ece#

The photo isn't much to go on, but I'd say he could get better on (or off) the Row for £3.5k.
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Sun Oct 11, 2009 3:37 pm

I've read that it's actually just a MTM suit (so probably below £2k). The guy is a politician: he has to look smart (on the popular understanding of smartness), but also not look too different from Mondeo man.
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Sun Oct 11, 2009 6:54 pm

I've only been in Britain for three weeks, so maybe I don't know, but why is this a story?
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Mon Oct 12, 2009 9:39 am

It's partly a puff piece about the glamour, or lack of it, of the leaders' wives but the underlying issue is the partly legitimate and partly rabble-rousing theme of whether someone with enough disposable income to purchase a £1k+ suit can share the concerns of and represent the majority of voters.

This is no different from what is seen in the US media. If you search the threads on here you'll find one on Obama's tailoring and the pressure he's under to stick to rtw whatever his personal (and I have no idea if Obama has any desire to wear bespoke) preferences and the dignity of his office might better require.
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Wed Oct 14, 2009 12:52 am

JRLT wrote:It's partly a puff piece about the glamour, or lack of it, of the leaders' wives but the underlying issue is the partly legitimate and partly rabble-rousing theme of whether someone with enough disposable income to purchase a £1k+ suit can share the concerns of and represent the majority of voters.

This is no different from what is seen in the US media. If you search the threads on here you'll find one on Obama's tailoring and the pressure he's under to stick to rtw whatever his personal (and I have no idea if Obama has any desire to wear bespoke) preferences and the dignity of his office might better require.
I think that Mrs Cameron is quite glamorous - but they'd get a lot more votes if she forgot the dress... :twisted:
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Wed Oct 14, 2009 7:18 am

I think that Mrs Cameron is quite glamorous - but they'd get a lot more votes if she forgot the dress...
NJS
Hers was reportedly a £69 frock from M&S...
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Wed Oct 14, 2009 8:36 am

Note that the article was in the women's section of the Times...
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