Conservative conference fashion

"Yes, that's where your benefits are going!" David Cameron adopts his "man of the people" attire, sleeves rolled up, ready for somebody else to do the painting for him Photograph: David Jones/PA

Ball and chain earrings and a boiled sweet necklace – Anne Milton adopts a red (not Ed) theme
Photograph: Geoff Newton/ Allstar

Kenneth Clarke discovers the difficulty with suede – you can't get the bootboy to polish it up for you Photograph: TOBY MELVILLE/REUTERS

William Hague makes the cardinal error of having tie and sign the same colour. Doesn't he know that Anna Wintour has declared the "matchy-matchy" style totally over? Photograph: Rui Vieira/PA

Samantha Cameron sports that essential autumn staple, the camel coat Photograph: WPA Pool/Getty Images

Theresa May is famous for her kitten heels. But cuddly baby felines are clearly too soft an image for government, so she's gone for a viperish snakeskin Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

We can exclusively reveal May's style icon – she is channelling none other than Count von Count, from Sesame Street Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP

Caption quite possibly redundant. But he might at least have shaved his legs for the occasion ... Photograph: David Jones/PA