Mr Blair told Prima magazine last year that he wanted to get out of suits, he said one of the tyrannies of modern life is that men have to dress in conventional suits the whole time.

• 但他打破常规的衣着并未能得到一致的赞许，如2000年他在意大利托斯卡那度假时所穿的棉布衫，以及他在1998年所穿的露趾拖鞋，就一度成为外界揶揄的目标。