here in England we have precious little in the way of national dress; the scots have their dresses (which they wear with pride) the welsh have felt hats and leeks, and here in England we don't really have anything (except for morris dancers, but I don't want to go there for fear of flashbacks from the Wicker Man). So i'm suggesting the enforced wearing of bowler hats - not just in the city either, but by everyone, as a means of it becoming our national dress again. Top hats can also be worn, but only by the gentry or cabbies. It would then allow for the iconic scene in the Lavender Hill Mob - where our criminal heros attempt to evade the law by wearing bowler hats to blend into the crowd - possible again. Plus it would make London look less like yet-just-another-bland-international-city. I'm sure they'll catch on in Brixton.
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