Does anyone know what the Traditional Cockney clothing is called? It is like a black suit with outlines of white buttons and a a hat the same. Normally worn by someone playing the spoons and sing the timeless classic, 'lets all go down the stand and have a banana'?
I don't know if the clothes are actually called anything but it's the Pearly King and Queen when the "chosen" couple is picked.
Old traditional clothing for (among others) cockneys - http://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/PearlyKingsQueens.htm
Ha! There was a reference to a "pearly queen" in a rock song back in the early British Invasion days. In my head it's Steve Winwood's voice but my head often deceives me.
