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  2. Bespoke tailoring - Wikipedia

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    The word bespoke derives from the verb bespeak, to speak for something, in the specialised meaning of "to give order for it to be made." [1] Fashion terminology reserves bespoke for individually patterned and crafted men's clothing, analogous to women's haute couture, [2] as opposed to mass-manufactured ready-to-wear (off-the-peg or off-the-rack).

  3. Made-to-measure - Wikipedia

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    A typical price increase for a bespoke fashion item is 15% higher than the price of a ready-made garment. [7] Making bespoke MTM garments takes longer than ready-to-wear (RTW), but not as long as making bespoke garments. Unlike Bespoke, which is traditionally sewn by hand, makers or tailors use MTM for both machine and hand sewing.

  4. Bespoke - Wikipedia

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    In 1990, American writer William Safire questioned in a New York Times article what had become of "custom, a word fading from our fashion vocabulary in a blizzard of British usage". [6] In a play on words, he wrote of the snob appeal [3] of the word: "To be suitably trendy, bespeak to me of bespoke tailoring."

  5. Glossary of sewing terms - Wikipedia

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    A tailor is a person who makes, repairs, or alters clothing professionally, especially suits and men's clothing. Although the term dates to the thirteenth century, tailor took on its modern sense in the late eighteenth century, and now refers to makers of men's and women's suits, coats , trousers , and similar garments, usually of wool , linen ...

  6. Waraire Boswell, the bespoke designer responsible for suiting ...

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    Bespoke suit designer Waraire Boswell founded his eponymous brand in 2002. The talented Waraire Boswell has died at 48. According to a statement on his Instagram , the celebrated fashion designer ...

  7. Tailor - Wikipedia

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    One factor was the growing availability and popularity of "slops": cheap ready-made clothing. [d] Another was a shift from the vast majority of tailors being engaged in workshops to most working outside the shops of employers. Master tailors who relied on outside workers saved themselves the costs of lighting and heating, as well as some supplies.

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  9. Haute couture - Wikipedia

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    The fashion industry sprang to life to meet increasing demand. [12] Rose Bertin, the French fashion designer to Queen Marie Antoinette, can be credited for bringing fashion and haute couture to French culture. [13] Visitors to Paris brought back clothing that was then copied by local dressmakers.