Monday, August 22, 2005
Pearly Kings & Queens
Have come across the website of the London Pearly Kings and Queens Society, which tells you all about the origins and traditions of these London icons and has a fantastic photo gallery.
"Each outfit can hold many tens of thousands of buttons on it and can weigh as much as 30 kilograms or more. There are two types of suit - a Smother Suit and a Skeleton Suit, the former having very little cloth showing and totally covered in buttons, and the latter having far fewer buttons."
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"Each outfit can hold many tens of thousands of buttons on it and can weigh as much as 30 kilograms or more. There are two types of suit - a Smother Suit and a Skeleton Suit, the former having very little cloth showing and totally covered in buttons, and the latter having far fewer buttons."
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