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Brushing off my tails

The season is under way.

The Chelsea Flower Show launched two months of public display before society heads ‘abroad’ for August – to Scottish grouse moors or the straits of the Isle of Wight.

But what should you wear to all those occasions? The death of the tie has been declared for the office, promoting it to dress wear for formerly black-tie events such as Tory or grand City dinners.

The lounge suit’s poshest

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