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THE STORE THAT DISCOVERED SEX ; Undressed for success ++ Abercrombie & Fitch made its name kitting out US film stars and presidents, before finding another way of selling clothes. Now it's arrived in Britain. By Ian Herbert and John Walsh
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With his new-fangled neck-ties, five-hour dressing sessions and
demands that his boots be polished with champagne, the extravagant
tastes of George "Beau" Brummel helped establish London's Savile Row
in the 19th century. What though, would Brummel make of a purveyor
of tight-fitting T-shirts bearing the words: "Who needs brains when
you have these?". Or underwear emblazoned with the words "wink
wink".
That trader is Abercrombie & Fitch, a firm as famous in the US
for sexually charged ...
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THE POWER SHIFTS ON SAVILE ROW: A CHANGED WORLD DEMANDS THE 400-YARD-LONG STREET MUST MARKET ITSELF ANEW.
Daily News Record
; LONDON -- Savile Row has long been renowned as the world's center for men's tailoring. Now it wants the same reputation in men's wear retailing. The 400-yard-long street just off Regent Street is finally waking up to the fact that the world has changed. It's shaking off the dusty, snobbish image
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Savile Row: the best of the old and new. (London) (All About Clothing Supplement)
Daily News Record
; Savile Row: The Best of Old and New It's called the strip. Savile Row, however, is actually a square mile of London that contains the best of classic British men's tailoring, and it is undergoing a major upheaval. No one has ever disputed that Savile Row represents tailoring at its best, but in the
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TRUE BRIT; SAVILE ROW CELEBRATES ITS STORIED HISTORY AT THE LATEST EDITION OF PITTI IMMAGINE UOMO.(tailoring house)(Company overview)
Daily News Record
; Byline: COURTNEY COLAVITA Before Tom Ford ever envisioned a men's emporium of custom-made clothes or Giorgio Armani showed us slouchy could be sexy or Ralph Lauren made gentry Americana cool, the tailors of Savile Row were crafting decidedly refined suits with serious luxury leanings. From dressing
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THE REINVENTION OF SAVILE ROW; HIGH-END MEN'S DESIGNERS, RETAILERS NOW SHARING SPACE WITH STREET'S TRADITIONAL BESPOKE TAILORS.(Alexandre Savile Row)
Daily News Record
; Byline: WHITNEY BECKETT LONDON - Savile Row has been an institution in bespoke tailoring for two centuries. It's where very grand gentleman had very grand suits made, according to one Savile Row tailor, and the name is now synonymous with the finest suits in the world. But over the last decade the
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ABERCROMBIE & FITCH SAID TO BE OPENING SAVILE ROW UNIT.(Brief Article)(Company Profile)
WWD
; ... building on behalf of Jil Sander, which took at least a year, and the result is an airy, white space with soaring ceilings. Although news of the opening has not been confirmed, Savile Row tailors are already abuzz with talk of the American store's arrival. Abercrombie ...
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Tailors seek stitch in time to save Savile Row.
Daily News Record
; TAILORS SEEK STITCH IN TIME TO SAVE SAVILE ROW Fresh from an interview with ABC's Good Morning America, Robert Gieve, vice-chairman of Gieves & Hawkes, the Savile Row custom tailor, contemplates the rapidly shifting fortunes of the tailors of his famous street. The momentum of expansion is
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Tailors can't afford Savile Row Luxury offices replace home of the bespoke trade MARKETPLACE by Bloomberg
International Herald Tribune
; Brian Lysaght International Herald Tribune 07-18-2006 Two hundred years of history are coming unstitched on Savile Row in London, as tailors who make bespoke clothes for the rich and famous flee soaring rents.Sewing shops along Savile Row, where Fred Astaire, Cary Grant and Prince Charles once
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Savile Row still at the cutting edge
Evening Standard - London
; I READ your article on Richard James, Savile Row, with some interest (Suits for It boys, 3 August). I do not know him but I get the impression that he is a nice man. As one of the traditional tailors on Savile Row I can assure your writer that we are not twitching behind our musty old drapes. We do
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Orange suits on Savile Row? Outrageous
The Independent - London
; It's hard to imagine a dreadlocked Mick Hucknall of Simply Red buying suits in Savile Row. Or, for that matter, Madonna slipping into tailors there in search of presents for her male friends - although both have recently. It's equally curious that Ralph Lauren, who runs a multi-billion dollar
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Savile Row loses its rag
The Sunday Telegraph London
; THE quarrel over the redevelopment of Savile Row, the London street famous for its bespoke tailoring businesses, will come to a head on Tuesday when the landlord meets angry tailors and planning officials to discuss the area's future. The inaugural meeting of the Savile Row Strategic Group will pit
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