http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d84a5732-972d-11dd-8cc4-000077b07658.html

'...But one bespoke client ended up rejecting a range of understated clothes and went, instead for a number of suits in colourful rope-stripes. "He just couldn't bring himself to commit to the plain greys, blues and blacks," says Quinn. After all, when share prices fall and hemlines follow, then a guy needs something to cheer himself up...'

^This couldn't possibly be our esteemed leader could it....