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The underside of this collar is fitted with a buttoned tab which would have provided some protection against the elements. The button farthest from view could be undone and the collar placed across the chin and fastened to a button on the other side to keep out the wind and rain. In more clement weather, the collar could be pressed flat to create lapels. The rows of padding stitches visible at the neckline secure the canvas interlining in place helping to stiffen the collar and mould it into shape.  \r\n\r\nFrock coats were better suited to hunting than cutaway tailcoats as the fuller skirts gave a better covering for the upper leg. 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The collection had been formed by the artist Talbot Hughes, who wrote a book on the history of dress, illustrated with photographs of models wearing items from his collection. A large firm in America had offered to buy the collection and present it to the Metropolitan Museum, New York, but Hughes did not want it to go abroad. At the suggestion of Cecil Harcourt Smith of the V&A, Harrods bought it for £2,500 and gave it to the Museum for the 'public good'. 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