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    Yanks dress better than limeys

    Nov 17, 2021 3 minutes
    PHILIP DELVES BROUGHTON

    After a couple of years in New York in my late 20s, I decided I needed to improve my wardrobe.

    At that point, it consisted of little more than Gap khakis and shirts, often bought as a laundry solution on trips around the country. I had a couple of suits from London, but rare opportunities to wear them. So, after some limited consultation, I went to the menswear department at Bergdorf Goodman, and entrusted myself to a floorwalker named Tyrone.

    My biggest issue,

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