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Bespoke tailoring (/ b i ˈ s p oʊ k / ⓘ) or custom tailoring is clothing made to an individual buyer's specifications by a tailor. Bespoke garments are completely unique and created without the use of a pre-existing pattern, while made to measure uses a standard-sized pattern altered to fit the customer.
Tip Top Tailors was a Canadian menswear clothing retailer founded in Toronto in 1909 by Polish-Jewish immigrant David Dunkelman (1883–1978). He rented his first store at 245 Yonge Street, Toronto, selling tailored suits for $14. The name of the chain was chosen by a customer in a contest.
Interior of the flagship Richard James store at 29 Savile Row, London W1S 2EY. Richard James is a bespoke Savile Row tailors and contemporary menswear company. [1] It was founded in 1992 by designer Richard James, a graduate of Brighton College of Art and a former buyer for the London boutique Browns, and his business partner Sean Dixon.
Armani is credited with pioneering red-carpet fashion. [11] Armani was the first designer to ban models with a body mass index (BMI) under 18, after model Ana Carolina Reston starved herself to death due to anorexia nervosa. [12] Armani broadcast his collection live on the Internet, the first in the world of haute couture, on 24 January 2007.
Established in 1979, [43] Armani Collezioni (known as Giorgio Armani Le Collezioni for women and Mani for men before 2000) [44] was the diffusion line of Giorgio Armani that retailed at a lower price than Giorgio Armani and the haute couture line, Armani Privé. The logo was usually displayed in black and written on a white label but often varies.
Costume designer Stephani Lewis talks how she took inspiration from the original 1980 film — which included costumes designed by Armani — and used fashion to reflect the protagonist’s ...
The ruling established that a "made-to-measure suit would be cut, usually by machine, from an existing pattern, and adjusted according to the customer's measurements," while "a bespoke suit would be fully hand-made and the pattern cut from scratch, with an intermediary baste stage which involved a first fitting so that adjustments could be made ...
On July 19, 1967 Grafton & Co. purchased Jack Fraser Stores Limited and became Grafton-Fraser Limited. The middle of the line pricing and well established quality of the clothing offered at both of these stores made for the perfect partnership between the companies. Jack Fraser had been founded in 1926 by Jack Fraser in Toronto's east-end. The ...