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pearly-queen

The Pearly Kings and Queens are an East London tradition as old as the bricks and mortar of Bow Bells. They are the aristocracy of the working classes.

We used the tailoring traditions of the working class to make a suit for the monarch. 400 hand sewn mother of pearl buttons form an image of HRH as seen on British coinage and postage stamps. Simon was invited to the Palace and he went in the suit: "We were very kind your Majesty - we used a postage stamp from the 1970s".

Prepared especially for presentation to HRH and now available in very limited numbers exclusively at Harvey Nichols, Knightsbridge, London, UK.

100% Worsted wool. Black and pearly with 400 hand sew buttons.

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