Can Burnham's casual style survive contact with No 10?

Can Burnham's casual style survive contact with No 10?Image source, PA MediaByJoshua Nevett & Kate WhannelPolitical reportersPublished58 minutes agoAndy Burnham has lots to think about as his arrival in Downing Street draws closer - the cost of living, the ongoing war in Ukraine, how to fund defence to name just three. At some point though, he'll have to find time to decide what to wear.The MP for Makerfield has sometimes been accused of changing his political clothes, and on his journey from Manchester to London, he changed his actual clothes.He boarded the train at Manchester Piccadilly in his trademark dark T-shirt, trousers and Adidas trainers only to emerge, more than two hours later, at London Euston in a suit.Twenty minutes later, he turned up in Parliament, having added a tie to his ensemble.Image source, PA/Getty ImagesWas this wardrobe change a symbolic gesture - Burnham signalling that with his move from Greater Manchester mayor to prime minister he would be adopting a more formal style in the job?Or was it a one-off, with Burnham planning to maintain his "Manchester clothes" - which have been variously described as "normcore," "centrist dad" and "The Smiths meets Britpop" - once he gets the keys to No 10.Emma Finamore, features editor at Drapers Magazine has dubbed Burnham, external "the king of the casuals".His look is considered "smart" but "less formal than other politicians", she says."It's aspirational but attainable. A lot of the stuff he wears isn't outside the realm of possibility."Harrington jackets, high-street staples such as polo shirts from Uniqlo and Wallabees from Clarks, are often part of the "smart-Manc" costume, characterised by a deliberate departure from the traditional suit-and-tie uniform of the SW1 postcode.But if he does return to ties and suits as prime minister, it will only be a regression to his previous Westminste...