Clothes-lines In spite of protestations to the contrary by those
who are deeply enamoured of their old suits, men's clothes have changed a lot in the .past decade. The single-breasted jacket with turned-up cuffs, the tapering trousers, pointed shoes and petit-point waistcoats have not succumbed to ridicule, and the neo-Edwardian dandy, bowler hat tilted on nose and long hair fluttering in the Bond Street breeze, can pass unmocked. Though this revival of interest in masculine fashions is probably a good thing, there is something refreshing about the obstinate conservatism of our cricketers, all of whom wear long-sleeved shirts rolled up to the elbow. Every time a bowler bowls, his sleeve comes down to his wrist and it gives one a comforting sense of the immutability of the English tradition to watch him roll it up again as he walks back.
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