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Of course I don't mean the lower classes would wear a suit like that.
They would wear different clothes. But trousers, waistcoat, shirt are standard British clothing for all classes.
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The only people that actual seem to dress British are people that work in finance and schoolchildren. Thank God for uniforms.
Fair enough
I can see why we abandoned that way of dressing in Australia. Our weather is too hot aside from inland in winter. We imported that style, but so often men would have their shirts, ties, vests, jackets off wearing only trousers, shoes, and a hat.
Though it's still the uniform in private schools, shorts for the boys and trousers for the young men