"Sometimes I wish I got to wear an elegant uniform for my job of writing that good prose, re-upping on tailcoats and track suit bottoms by checking off boxes on an order form like the one I found at the end of a tangential discussion of the infamous avant-garde men's haberdasher Tom BrownE on the sartorialist.com. This is Tom Brown-no-E, the official clothiers of Eton College..."
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QUOTE from the Tom Brown website:
Tom Brown has supplied Eton College school uniform for over two hundred years. In addition to the tailsuits, we also supply shirts, collars, formal change and sports wear. All of which, we can name tape for a small fee.
BOYS SCHOOL PRICE LIST 2004
3 PIECE TAILSUIT 30-36 168.00
3 PIECE TAILSUIT 38-44 197.40
TAILCOAT ONLY 30-36 100.00
TAILCOAT ONLY 38-44 117.00
VEST ONLY 30-36 32.00
VEST ONLY 38-44 37.60
STRIPED TROUSERS 28/28 36.00
STRIPED TROUSERS 29/29 42.50
2nd HAND TAILCOAT 75.00
GREY TROUSERS 45.00
BLUE BLAZER 140.00
OVERCOATS 150.00
WHITE SHIRT 13 - 14.5 11.03
WHITE SHIRT 14.5 - 17 12.95
ARUNDEL COLLARS 6.50
DISPOSABLE TIES 3.00
RUGBY SHIRTS 36 23.50
38 - 40 26.50
42 - 44 28.75
46 32.00
RUGBY SHORTS 16.00
FOOTBALL SOCKS wool 14.50
TRACK SUIT TOP 17.00
TRACK SUIT BOTTOM 17.00
UMBRELLAS 13.50
NAME TAPES X36 5.50
X72 6.50
X144 7.50
BLACK OR WHITE SOCKS 2.50
WHITE LINEN HANDKIES 1.00
GARTERS 1.25
SLIP-OVER JUMPERS 32.00
POLO SHIRTS 11.00
LAUNDRY BAGS 8.50
SHORTENING OF SLEEVES 10.00
SHORTENING OF TROUSERS 10.00
"Shit, I should've gone to Eton College my damn self. "
A nametaping service is available for a nominal charge of 20P per item.