The second, uncomfortable, reason for Byrom's importance is that if Mrs Hancox is right, today's Globe is not an accurate replica at all.

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But anything with huge platforms or vertiginous heels will date your look quicker than shoulder pads which, actually, probably wouldn't date your look at all, given that there's something of an architectural undercurrent in fashion right now, but you get my drift.

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