I owe Robert Crampton an apology – his knowledge of fashion is more ahead of the game than mine.
Austin Reed got a lot of publicity for announcing this week that they are about to sell bowler hats for both men & women.
That means my teddy bear – Paddington’s Great Aunt Lucy from Peru via Harrods – will finally be in fashion with her battered black felt Andean hat.
And even senior civil servants who are ladies will be able to go back to the formal fashion future alongside their male colleagues.
