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    WELCOME TO SUMMER SCHOOL

    Jun 08, 2018 4 minutes
    by christopher modoo
    photography jake walters
    fashion stylist jo grzeszczuk
    I enjoy the juxtaposition of a crumpled linen shirt with the sharp crease in a pair of mohair trousers.

    The British do not have a good reputation for dressing well in warmer weather. The unpredictability of the English summer has always been our stock excuse, and we never seem to get it right. Either too stuffy and dressed-up or overly casual but without being comfortable. And we seem to be going backwards: in the days of the Empire, we successfully adapted our strict Victorian dress codes to create new conventions that were supremely elegant and are still relevant today. We added cummerbunds and khaki, madras checks

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