Clothes do maketh the man!

SHIVRAJ PATIL

Spare, austere, and the living example of the Wodehousian What the Well-Dressed Man is Wearing. Never a hair out of place, never a crease awry. One minister who wears his clothes with elegance and grace -- now if only he'd employ the same deft touch with the home ministry.

KAPIL SIBAL

The role model is the American Public Prosecutor. Shirts are rumpled just so, the boyish thatch of hair is charmingly disarranged, and seersucker type suits convey a dashing transatlantic look.

K NATWAR SINGH

A typical sentence would begin 'We Nehruvians...' so it's hardly surprising that the foreign minister should dress like Nehru. A red kerchief replaces the red rose but the middle button of the bandhgala is always open.

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