FAILURE AS DANDY
BRITAIN’S PRIME MINISTER
CRITICISM OF MR MACDONALD
'LONDON, August 19
The Prime Minister, Mr Ramsay MacDonald, is a complete! failure as a landy, declares “Men’s Wear:’.’, “£te is not even well dressed,” the paper say® ; his clothes may bo wei tailored,', but he frequently s'ips ok some point of correctness. “A , bowler hat with morning clothe.' is hot ‘ merely incorrect; it is ugly. 1 ? ■black open end tie with a wing collaj and a' grey. 'suit show lack of goof dress taste.
’ “^ho' lending politician® are not a well dressed lot. They do not give the foreigner tbe best impression of British tailoring. ...
“Though v frequently photographed they are poor examples, of the productions of’ a leading industry.” Last, year the “Tailor and Cutter’ criticised the garments in . which Mr Ramsay MacDonald yJ®:ted the King to tender the resignation of the. Labour 'Government. He then wore a morning coat ..and bowler ~ hat!,,,. “Tbs 'roomin’; coat, demanded a s’’ 1 hat,’ the ■'•Tailor and Cutter”' said, I “but • the unholy combination of tsilm.at. and . bowler hat suggests a works foreman rather than a Minister of the i Crown.” ,:v
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Hokitika Guardian, 6 September 1932, Page 3
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191FAILURE AS DANDY Hokitika Guardian, 6 September 1932, Page 3
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