1. Savile Row tailor slang and vocabulary

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    July 25, 2015 by Ville Raivio

    “The close community of the journeyman tailor was forged through generations of hardship, of long hours, miserable pay and discrimination …
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  2. How Saint Crispin’s shoes are made

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    July 25, 2015 by Ville Raivio


  3. Bobby Fischer’s clothes hobbies

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    July 23, 2015 by Ville Raivio

    “You know they say you can tell the decline of a nation when the people begin to lose interest in …
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  4. The single tailor Frank Shattuck

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    July 20, 2015 by Ville Raivio

    No outworker cutter, tailors, seamstresses, pressers, finishers — just a single tailor for all stages.


  5. Shell cordovan leather in 1880s shoes

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    July 20, 2015 by Ville Raivio

    Shell cordovan, the darling bud of 21st century high-end shoemaking, was a well-known piece of ass back in 1880s already. …
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