Hi!

> Actually, Boris, the photo is very interesting.  This man is committing a
> sartorial outrage.  The Panama hat is correctly worn with flannels and a
> blazer, or even with shorts, whilst a double-breasted pinstripe suit cries
> out for a bowler.
> 
> The only explanation I can come up with is that he is a retired Australian
> cricketer on the way to a funeral.
> 
> He's not a typical Londoner, that's for sure.

Suddenly I feel very much inside "The Second Foundation Trilogy"
(Cotty, you know what I am talking about, don't you?)...

Gee, those Londoners have complex dressing codes, not just some pants
and some tea-short ;-).

In fact, if this person is indeed on the way to a funeral, I probably
shouldn't have taken the shot...

Talk about cultulral differences...

-- 
Boris

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