10 best-dressed classical stars?
mainCBC Canada has come up with a jolly list, and very hipster they are too.
But there are always more lurking in the wardrobe, awaiting their call to fame. Here’s Slipped Disc’s Top Ten (can be read either way up), with judging notes for extra transparency.
Note the matching car
Check those matching bow-ties
Total Ballroom Champions of 2015
Sweet-singing psalmist of Savile Row
The cello came, too
Doktor Kuhl (photo: Eric-Brissaud)
Collar of the Year
Gardening Gear of the Year
With matching ‘roo
Best beach boy
They all look lovely, but joint first prize to Lang Lang and Yundi.
No mention of pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet? He’s the best dressed male classical artist out there. Vivian Westwood designs his concert attire. Impeccable.
Contralto Ewa Podles is right up there, too. A lady of a certain age with a striking sense of style. She dresses beautifully.
Where’s Norman?
But oh dear, not a single man wearing a pensioner’s tie, shirt, and tweedy jacket. So – according to this forum’s resident Beau Borstlap – they must all be second-raters who enjoy disrespecting the paying public. (emphasis on the fact that they’ve *paid*)