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2 unusual facts about Bespoke


Bespoke

Cad & the Dandy, a modern Savile Row tailor, describes true bespoke as having a full floating canvas, basted fitting and detailed hand finishing.

The term originated from Savile Row, a street in London considered the "Golden mile of tailoring".


A1 Team Mexico

As DAMS worked with A1 Team France and South Africa in 2006-07, Mexico created a bespoke race team named Teamex to replace DAMS.

Albright Stonebridge Group

Albright Stonebridge Group has strategic partners with several firms, among them Hogan Lovells U.S. LLP, an international law firm based in Washington, D.C.; Palacio y Asociados, based in Madrid, Spain; Joschka Fischer & Company, based in Berlin, Germany; and Bespoke Approach, based in Adelaide, Australia.

Alex Polizzi

With her husband she started a wholesale bakery, Millers Bespoke Bakery, supplying bread to Selfridges, Harvey Nichols and Fortnum & Mason.

Bentley Arnage

(Jankel and Andy Hotton Associates, for example, are two aftermarket coachbuilders especially known for this style.) Available only as a bespoke ("Mulliner") model, each RL is customised to the desires of the buyer.

Bentley Speed Six

Barnato 's personal Speed Sixes had bespoke bodywork by various coachbuilders, and the Criminal Investigation Department of the Western Australia Police operated two saloon-bodied examples as patrol cars.

Carrosserie Pourtout

Pre-war Pourtout bodies were mainly one-off, bespoke creations, typically aerodynamic and sporting in character.

Claire Malcolm

It was during this period that Malcolm began to further explore her passion for bespoke tailoring; when Jones collaborated with the Savile Row tailors Norton & Sons.

Cooper T51

The works Coopers were fitted with modified Citroen gearboxes, while Rob Walker's team ran bespoke units from Italian specialist Valerio Colotti, although these proved much more fragile.

Deacy Amp

Custom transformers were produced to exact winding and laminate specs, obsolete components were sourced and made RoHS compliant and bespoke cabinets were constructed at great expense from Sapele veneered chipboard, exactly as the original.

Doosan Lentjes

The company specialises in bespoke air and water-cooled grate combustion chamber systems tailored to the precise waste types (volume, calorific value and moisture content) incinerated by the plant.

Mazlo

Since the early 70's, the house is based in Paris and headed by Robert Mazloum said "Mazlo." Goldsmith and jeweler, he revives the family’s traditions by creating one off bespoke jewellery pieces.

Mike Farmwald

His recent investments include technology companies incubated at Skymoon R&D (Dash, whose navigation systems bring internet to the car, and Finesse Solutions, a measurement and control provider to the biotechnology industry) as well as companies that bring technology to traditional business (Remote Lands, a luxury bespoke Asian travel outfitter started by entrepreneur Catherine Heald and ICE, a fitness concept company started by award-winning cheerleading coach Darlene Fanning).

Nemer Saade

Coming from a family of bespoke fashion tailors, Nemer Saadé tailoring covers the Middle East Countries notably the Levant and GCC regions.

Richard Cullen

As well as directing music videos, he has created bespoke video content for concert tours, including Darren Hayes' Time Machine and DarkLight Tours, George Michael's 25 Live Tour and Symphoinca, Keane's Perfect Symmetry, Red Hot Chili Peppers 2011/2012 world tour, Elton John's 'Million Dollar Piano' residency in Las Vegas.

SBJ House of Luxury

SBJ house of Luxury’s product line includes Bespoke Suits designed and manufactured by the Only Savile Row Certified production unit in India, where the tailors are well trained.

Uhrenmuseum Beyer

The collection includes one of the early marine chronometers by Ferdinand Berthoud, a pendule sympathique by Breguet, a pocket watch with astronomical indications by Auch, several bespoke late 20th century watches by George Daniels, one of the few reproductions of the astrarium by De Dondi to name just a few highlights.

Willesden

In 1923, the specialist coach builder Freestone and Webb established their base in Willesden, producing bespoke cars on Rolls-Royce and Bentley chassis until 1956.


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