I was looking at some old family photographs the other day when I realised to my horror that Jude, my husband still wears the same revolting danshiki with matching trousers that he wore 12 years ago! Moaned Jesicca, a 49 year old medical doctor married to Jude, 53 and the owner of a computer consultancy firm.
“How Jude dressed has started to cause arguments. I would love him to understand that how he looks is important to me, and that he should make more of an effort.” “I suppose once I got to 50, I thought my appearance didn’t matter any more. But I see now it’s important, especially to my wife. If I’d known how fed up she was, I would have done something about it before now.”
But Dapo doesn’t see eye to eye with his wife on fashion. He says: “I have my own style, which I have worked on very carefully over the years – I like to think of it as classic, timeless elegance that doesn’t need constant update. In fact, I still have a pair of really expensive denim and black Italian shoes I bought when I was at university! I know Lizzy thinks I dress like a slob but it doesn’t bother me.