How Politicians Dress In Times of Crisis

Not long after Nazi Germany invaded Poland in 1939, Churchill made a phone call to a high-end London tailor, Turnbull & Asser. His request was unusual. Churchill, years earlier, had seen construction workers at his home wear thin garment onesies as practical outfits that were easy to put on. Could Turnbull & Asser tailor some for him?

 
A few weeks later, their Jermyn Street store delivered several such garments – which came to be known as siren suits for their usefulness during air raid sirens – in a variety of expensive fabrics, including chalk stripes and gray and green velvet. Churchill saved these tailor-made one-piece suits for significant occasions, such as during the Battle of Britain, his visit with Roosevelt in Washington, planning D-Day with Eisenhower, and at the Yalta Conference with Stalin.

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