I have the robe which my father wore when he graduated from university in the 1930s. It is the traditional black robe with long sleeves, but I have always wondered why the label inside the back yoke is put in upside down. The label reads: Northam Robe Maker, by special appointment to the University of London, 9 Henrietta Street, Strand. Is there some quirky historical reason why a label would deliberately be sewn in the wrong way? I wore it when I graduated from university in 1971, and my son wore it for his graduation yesterday. Some families pass down wedding gowns, we have this robe.
Jane