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Evening Standard
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Ethan Croft

Politicians should stop trying to be trendy and 'champion local makers', says fashion designer Patrick Grant

Londoner’s Diary

Rishi Sunak in Adidas Sambas, Sadiq Khan sporting a green linen suit. Politicians are desperate to seem trendy at the moment, but fashion designer Patrick Grant reckons they should pack it in. “I feel like politicians should be supporting their constituents, so if you live in a constituency that makes jumpers, I think you should wear jumpers made in your constituency every day, even when it’s boiling. And if you are the MP for New Tredegar in South Wales, every day you should be wearing pants made in the factory in New Tredegar.” Grant was at Hatchard’s last night launching his new book Less, about how and why we should buy fewer, better clothes.

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