Many thought Winston fell short as the dashing groom in the presence of such elegance, and flanked by his dapper best man, the mustached Lord Hugh Cecil. He was losing hair and gaining weight, his face “settling into the attitude of pugnacity it was to become famous for.”1 Tailor and Cutter magazine branded his morning suit “one of the greatest failures as a wedding garment we have ever seen,” claiming that it lent him the appearance of a “glorified coachman.”
