Frog in Suit
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While I will readily admit I have no direct experience regarding Cordings I feel that one can safely assume that any shop selling traditional English country attire in Piccadilly is there to rip off tourists using the old England image.
I would be surprised to find any country gents there- so yes by all means go there if u have the money, are in a hurry, and want the fake Englishness
Things get more complicated when you think that maybe this is really what is left of the English brand, i.e, as if all pizza restaurants in Italy were Pizza Express- and so it is not fake at all since it does not exist anymore except for the tourists sake. Like the Monarchy
Ralphwho,
Yours seems a singularly ill-informed comment.
Cordings have been at the same address since 1877; it is therefore a stretch to paint them with the same brush as the T-shirt stands at the Piccadilly Circle end of the street.
One does find "country gents" in Mayfair and some of the "city gents" there do engage in country sports.
I have always found Cordings to offer good value. I have no interest whatever in the business.
Frog in suit