Jim,Lurex: I think it was a 1960s thing! I always remember a bespoke tailors in Birmingham called Zissman's which used to outfit bands & the cooler guys. They had a gold lame suit in the window which I craved. Fortunately, by the time I was earning and could have afforded it I had become more sensible! Wouldn't go with the washboard image! Or to work in the library!

RtS