Stan Kroenke’s recent takeover of Arsenal prompted consternation within the club’s fanbase, on account of the billionaire’s opaque plans and a track record at his NFL, NBA and Major League Soccer franchises once described by this paper as “abject”. However, his sartorial approach is anything but, with his on-trend pinstripe bringing a touch of noir glamour to the Holloway Road. So it’s swings and roundabouts. Kroenke’s commitment to the kingpin look is total. As a younger man, he favoured a brown suit with thick chalkstripe. Coupled with an equally widescreen moustache, the top button of his shirt left raffishly undone, he cut a mobster dash straight out of the prohibition...
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