The Olympic Committee should consider timeless uniforms as it ponders on a dress code for the opening ceremony in London.

The Imps at The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo. Picture from Mark Owens/PA/Daily TelegraphThe Imps photographed during rehearsals for The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo. Hilary Alexander uses the Tattoo as a shining example of what the British do best in her article for The Telegraph

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