NOBLEMAN'S WARDROBE

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 156, 24 February 1932, Page 2

NOBLEMAN'S WARDROBE

OUTLAY OF £2000 EXTRAVAGANCE OF WIVES IN DRESS PUT IN ' SI^ADE. * HUNPRED LOUNGE SUITS. What does a man spend on dress? Recehtly"the ex'tfavagarice "of "wives has been shouted in the law courts in London, but are there no extravagant husbands? A 'Sunday . Express' represeritative who decided to find out inade these strange dis'coveries : — 1 A nobleipan whp is probably London's best-dressed man, has a wardrobe which cost £2,000 to assemble, and he spends £400 a year on replacements. He has 100 lounge suits. Yet a multi-millionaire who lives a stohe's throw away buys ready-made suits at .8gs. a time from a West End store, and his studs and links are bought at a sixpenny bazaar. And the average man in th'e street seldom spends mofe than £30 a year' on dress. His suits sometimes last him thf ee and four years. The nobleman's wardrobe includes a £250 fur coat, which costs £12 a year to keep in good condition. Listen to what his valet had to say about it: "His lordship has five tailors. His heaviest item is his lounge suits. He has more than 100. In fact, I don't think either of us knows the exact number. The cheapest cost 15 gns. About fifteeh of theSe suits are in aetive use, apd, if I may say so, his lordship has ' rather more lounge suits than a gentlemah requires. I have yentured to point this out to him, "but it is his custom to order a dozen whenever he visits one of his tailors." Here are a few other items in this amazing wardrobe: — Six evening dress suits at 25gs. ea. Extfa t'rousers at 6gs." a pair. Eight plus-fours at 6gs. a pair. One special suit of plus-four bought in the United States for 35gs. Five top-coats and macintoshes at 12gs. to' l'5gs. each. Forty silk handkerchiefs at 10s each'. Fifty ties at 15s each. Sixty pairs of socks at 10s to 15s a pair. j Riding outfits eosting £175. Twelve pyjama suits at 4gs each. Six dressing' gowns from 5gs each. Twenty-four pairs of shoes at 7gs a pair. Forty shirts at 4gs: each. Twelve hats at 3gS eafch. Fifteen caps at 3gs each. Then therd is a case of studs, eufflinks. and tia-piris — "his lofdship's jewellery." It cost £200. His dress-ing-bag 'eost ' ahother " £200. It was packed with razoi's, gold-backed hair brushes, tortoise-shell combs, and cigar and cigarette cases. There wefe twenty-one tooth-brushes, at prices from 4s 6d to £1. He pays 2s 6d each for his collars, and as much as 5s for a pair of silk shoelaces!