24 MAY 1997, Page 25

Sensibly dressed

Sir: All of us deplore Gordon Brown's deci- sion not to wear a white tie at the Mansion House dinner, but Taki has chosen a strange example to illustrate his point (High life, 10 May). 'Can you imagine Win- ston Churchill in a track suit?' he asks. Eas- ily. He spent most of the war dressed in a red velvet boiler suit — very similar to the garment worn by joggers today.

A.N. Wilson

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