http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/article/TMG9778740/A-very-Royal-appointment-the-Prince-of-Wales-visits-his-tailor.htm
Enjoyed that!
...the iGents will of course be correcting any factual errors.
So has The Prince of Wales gone back to Anderson & Sheppard? From a Telegraph article (no longer online) a few years ago -"John Hitchcock, the managing director of Anderson & Sheppard... confirmed that the Prince was no longer a customer."
In 2006, the Prince started ordering MTM suits from his shirtmaker Turnbull & Asser. He sent his old suits to Thomas Mahon for repair - http://www.englishcut.com/2007/03/14/a-royal-headache/#comments
Is the Prince getting promotional discounts?
l've been seeing pics of Charles lately in immaculate suits, and was only thinking this morning that he mustn't be wearing mtm suits like reported a few years ago. l saw one of his suits this morning and it look perfectly fitted and smashingly brilliant, the highest bespoke without a doubt, a nice high collar and all.
There's nothing new here though is there. Just the same stuff fed to a lazy journalist by A&S PR.
Yes my understanding (not that I am any kind of insider!) is that 'Charles Smith' gets his tailored clothing off the rack at Turnbull & Asser
Hard to tell if this is a publicity stunt alone
^^ The problem for most politicians is that they cannot afford bespoke clothing on their official salaries. The expenses rules were tightened up in 2009 and 2010. Only a select few have other sources of income. William Hague uses Henry Poole but he made a lot of money from public speaking fees after he resigned as Tory leader in 2001.
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I hope that's the only reason. My cynicism suggests otherwise!
^ I forgot that Ken Livingston is/was a bespoke customer of Gieves & Hawkes.
Somehow that seems all too appropriate
I wonder where 'two Jags' gets his suits ?!