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...“A tailor costs between £300 to £400 plus VAT for eight hours of work, which is usually how long it takes to re-tailor a suit,” he says. “An assistant is a minimum of £150 per day....
...Building shovels racks to order means Supermicro can tailor each blade server and data storage hub for optimal performance while navigating around industry shortages, says the broker....
...More recently, he launched Garage Italia Customs, a bespoke car showroom that opened in a Milanese petrol station in 2015....
...Rather than using traditional sizing charts, the fit has been informed by data taken from across 2,000 of the women measured by the team’s in-house tailors, to reflect “what the real woman actually looks...
...There, he made custom suits for the likes of Eddie Redmayne and Bobby Gillespie. Now set up as a bespoke tailor in his own right, his client list remains private. For fittings, he travels to them....
...repair ($15), it offers all kinds of patching, mending and altering: recent projects include a cable-knit sweater with a large appliqué embroidery added to the shoulder to creatively cover up damage, or custom...
...For the very first time, China is exporting more cars than it is importing thanks to its EV boost in the first nine months of 2023, according to custom data....
...I asked several tailors about my BLH problem, and about dressing to conceal generally....
...Takako Kojima, a care manager at one of its Tokyo nursing homes, says that new methods of analysing data are helping to reduce workloads and tailor care provision....
...Paolo Martorano, a bespoke tailor based in New York, remembers a customer coming to a Palm Beach trunk show in a tank top and basketball shorts....
...He noted, however, that initial interest in custom indexing, which allows investors to tailor indices to their personal goals, had started to subside....
...This May, she dressed the designer Aurora James for the Met Gala in a custom, tassel-trimmed gown made from salvaged French curtain fabric....
...British Vogue contributing beauty editor Tish Weinstock chose to wear three vintage gowns during her and stylist Tom Guinness’s gothic three-day fête last autumn: an antique Normandy lace gown custom-made...
...A lot of glamour is confidence, she adds, so her biggest tip is to “get a great tailor and show off the parts of your body you like the most.” Sunglasses are a must for Sulcer....
...last weekend, Italian luxury brand Stefano Ricci hosted a catwalk show inside the 3,500-year-old Hatshepsut Temple in Egypt’s ancient capital Luxor — an undertaking involving four chartered flights, six tailors...
...For a custom-made or bespoke suit, consider a Savile Row tailor such as Anderson & Sheppard or Chiltern Street’s Casely-Hayford; Paul Smith does a cream-coloured linen evening jacket with contrasting black...
...As the first female Lord President of the Council, she carried the sword of state in a custom teal dress by Safiyaa and matching headpiece by Jane Taylor....
...The fourth floor holds offices, the fifth floor hosts men’s custom tailoring and the near 5,000 bolts of wool, cotton and linen available to choose from....
...The IRS taxes certain crypto events in a different way from HM Revenue & Customs, so you should not assume the same principles apply....
...It is a characteristic that has helped preserve the popularity of the monarchy, with its anachronistic customs and privileges, over the course of her 70-year reign....
...I very much hope that it’ll be a long-term investor, with a belief in well-made, custom-made menswear with a British heritage....
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...The house offers made-to-measure suits and separates in thousands of fabrics sourced from British, Scottish and Italian mills, as well as custom-print silk linings, with prices starting from £800 for a jacket...
...When the Cannes Film Festival kicks off on May 17, the spotlight will be on the actors gliding down La Croisette in custom gowns and suits....
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