In 1884, The Gentleman’s Magazine of Fashion advised readers that: ‘Every man with a grain of respectability on the river puts on white trousers, with white flannel shirt, straw hat, striped flannel coat’. The ‘striped coat’ was the blazer, which became popular during this period. The look has changed little up to the present day, with many oarsmen continuing to wear their college colours. In 1897 the Leander Club decided to employ the colour cerise pink to create a distinctive identity. Members wear cerise ties and socks and use grosgrain ribbon in the same colour to trim their boaters.