Monday, December 11, 2006

Giorgio Armani

Old new trends in morning-coat fashion...


100% Cotton, pure white, size 16, XLS...


One never knows if, shirt-wise, there is a new trendy way to wear the marriage outfit known as morning-coat. Who could be better suited to give a frank opinion than the manager of "Ede and Ravenscroft" at Cambridge? Centuries of "by appointments", a bastion of dress-code orthodoxy...

"Plain white is very much the acceptable thing, Sir" - he said. The advice was duly followed..

The "XLS", one can spot under the label, reminds one of a tunning-prone motorcar but indicates, in fact, the generosity of the shirt-maker in providing Extra Long Sleeves...

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