goodbye Tony Blair. Goodbye suits and shirts by Paul Smith, briefs by Calvin Klein and casual wear from Nicole Farhi. Goodbye Nehru-style ethnic looks from state forays to the subcontinent, and designers from the Cool Britannia era.

Hello Gordon Brown. Hello Timothy Everest suits, underwear from Marks and Spencer, and items from the shelves of Bergdorf Goodman.

Changes in power inevitably involve changes in style, and not just of the speech-making and horse-trading kind. Brown's ascent to Number 10 Downing Street will mean a new look for the office, which will convey, in all its minute two-or-three- button detail, a new era for parliament.