Recess Monkey has once before been criticised for picking on the child of an MP - in that case a 22 year old who thought the N word was funny. I’d just like to make clear that this following piece is not meant as a political arttack in any way.
Nevertheless, I couldn’t let the Conway affair pass without drawing to readers’ attention the flamboyance of Conway junior, as illustrated in this article in the Telegraph three years ago.
Henry Conway, 23, writer
When Henry Conway was just 11 years old, he started keeping a fashion diary made up of cuttings from the pages of magazines. His male friends, perhaps surprisingly, don’t laugh at him when he tells them about it - which goes to prove just how accustomed we’ve become towards the idea of men who love to shop more than their girlfriends.
“My generation is far more tolerant of fashion,” he says. “We’re a bit more vain and shallow than men used to be. And society is a lot more meritocratic than it was - you have to push yourself and your own merits no matter what your background, and clothes allow you to be individual. They maketh the man. Plus we have more money; there’s a reason that there are scores of designers selling jeans for £150, and the reason is that we are willing to buy them.”
Conway buys three or four key designer pieces a year, and mixes his Gucci up with frequent purchases from Gap. “I can’t afford to buy a £2,000 suit - at the moment I stick to £500 jackets - but when I can, I will.”
He shops weekly for accessories - “I love brooches and scarves” - favouring the vintage shops of Portobello and the Covent Garden antiques market.
Such is his fashion sense that even his female friends go to him for advice. “I’m forever been dragged off to Jimmy Choo trunk sales but, luckily, I don’t mind browsing shops, unlike most men.”
Where did he get his style from? “My father [Derek Conway MP] has always liked really good suits. And Charles II. His take on the waistcoat was really the origin of the three-piece suit. I don’t have many modern fashion icons, except maybe Prince Charles. I know that sounds strange, but he has a nice aesthetic. He always dresses immaculately.
Agog just for a moment at the thought of Prince Charles as a fashion icon, I can’t help feeling pity for the boy unable to buy £2,000 suits. Perhaps he should have asked his boss for a pay rise?
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Matt Hanson said this on January 30th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
Brilliant stuff. This is what you and Matt do best. One can only surmise that young Frederick was employed by his father as a style consultant, although the amount of work he did in this respect is still questionable….
Yorkshire Terrorist said this on January 30th, 2008 at 3:37 pm
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Fashion » Pocket money said this on January 30th, 2008 at 3:41 pm
My runaway favourite blog comment this week [present company excepted, of course] was the commenter who inadvertently referred to this young man when making a post about Conway’s ‘..wife in a fur coat..’ Oh, Bless !!
I am not going to make any snide comments, because he is a bit of a soft target, and it might be interpreted as hateful - but one has to have a wry smile about a chap who has written a book about knitting..
This whole thing is unfortunate, because I feel he doesn’t really need handouts from his old man - a career in the meeja or on the telly is surely awaiting him, whatever his old man does for a living ?
Dick Dolby said this on January 30th, 2008 at 9:39 pm
Penultimate day of Recess Monkey and you’re pulling posts - how apt.
Praguetory said this on January 30th, 2008 at 9:40 pm
Why are you quitting ?? Please tell.
Dick Dolby said this on January 30th, 2008 at 10:24 pm
Farewell Recess. Looks like I got away with a year of needling you without you uncovering the evidence of me snorting coke off the bodies of the local gypsy girls here in Prague maintaining my debauched lifestyle through regular payments from Bullingdon Central. Better luck next time.
Praguetory said this on January 31st, 2008 at 9:57 am
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