Letter:They dressed up because they love him

Les Sharp
Saturday 19 April 1997 18:02 EDT
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James Sherwood describes Andrew Lloyd Webber's outfit as a "banal Middlesbrough football strip". In fact it was the ultra-chic of Leyton Orient. To me there was an unexpected drollness in one of the richest men in England appearing in the strip of one of the poorest football clubs, but if you defer to Dame Barbara Cartland in matters of taste you would not appreciate that point.

Les Sharp

Walton-on-Thames, Surrey

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