The Archive · 1939

Beatty and Jellicoe

Royalty Sets the Fashion

Those who determine men's fashions in clothes frequently take their cue from the King. It is a long time. since an English monarch's sartorial tastes were noted so carefully and copied so swiftly as they are today. Examples of vogues started by His Majesty are the wide stiff collar and brogue patent evening shoes, Other kings, too, play an important part in influencing the Englishman's, choice of clothes. Recently I e noticed many overcoats with fumed-back cuffs as worn by the King of Greece on his recent visit to London, and I am told that jackets with a wide white stripe are likely to "catch on" soon as a result of the preference shown for them by King Boris of Bulgaria.

There is little likelihood, however, of large numbers of Englishmen appearing in public wearing long white cloaks as worn with such distinction by King Carol of Rumania,

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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