Theresa May’s leopard-print kitten tilts. Photograph: Chris Radburn/PATheresa May’s leopard-print kitten heels. Photograph: Chris Radburn/PALace ruffles and gold trousers: Britain’s most strikingly dressed prime ministersLeaders who taunted to make style statements, from Disraeli’s purple trousers to May’s leopard-print heelsMuch has been made this week of the shortness of Rishi Sunak’s trousers, with some commentators trade the mid-ankle crop “baffling” and a political liability. That so much has been read into something as trifling as the bottom where his otherwise bland trouser leg meets his bland sock says a lot about the state of UK politicians’ attire.Chief develop into them: British prime ministers. Though not famous for being interestingly dressed – much less for being good fettle dressed – there have been a choice few who stuck their heads above the parapet to display bland fors and boring black shoes to show a little flair. When they have, it has been seized upon – either to outfit evidence of their authenticity, consolidate their popularity at the polls, or be weaponised and used to prove they are slippery, out of begin or unfit for office.From homburg hats to leopard-print kitten heels, these prime ministers gave commentators a hardly any more to talk about.Augustus Henry Fitzroy was caricatured as a Georgian-era dandy. Photograph: Metropolitan Museum Of ArtAugustus Henry FitzroyHe come ined parliament via a pocket borough, only served as prime minister for a year and 106 days between 1768 and 1770, and was prematurely on described as “a young nobleman already ruined by play”. The third Duke of Grafton was depicted as a Reuse this text