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Also apophthegm. A terse, pithy saying, akin to a proverb, maxim, or aphorism. aposiopesis A rhetorical device in which speech is broken off abruptly and the sentence is left unfinished. apostrophe A figure of speech in which a speaker breaks off from addressing the audience (e.g., in a play) and directs speech to a third party such as an opposing litigant or some other individual, sometimes ...
A typical tailor shop would have a master, a foreman, several journeymen, and apprentices. The apprentices, often beginning their training as young adolescents and indentured to the master by their parents (for a fee), performed menial tasks such as cleaning, managing the fires to heat the pressing-irons, running errands, and matching fabric ...
The shop sells various books and souvenirs of Beatrix Potter’s books, but there is also a replica waistcoat made by local seamstresses of Gloucester. The shop also has a replica room in the form of The Tailor of Gloucester’s living room in his cottage. It is a popular location for fans of Beatrix Potter, especially fans of the story. [13]
In British English, a haberdasher is a business or person who sells small articles for sewing, dressmaking and knitting, such as buttons, ribbons, and zippers; [1] in the United States, the term refers instead to a men's clothing store that sells suits, shirts, neckties, men's dress shoes, and other items.
[4] [5] Originally, the adjective bespoke described tailor-made suits and shoes. [1] [2] [3] According to Collins English Dictionary, the term was generally British English in 2008. [2] American English more commonly uses the word custom instead, [6] as in custom-made, custom car, or custom motorcycle.
Savile Row (pronounced / ˌ s æ v ɪ l ˈ r oʊ /) is a street in Mayfair, central London.Known principally for its traditional bespoke tailoring for men, the street has had a varied history that has included accommodating the headquarters of the Royal Geographical Society at 1 Savile Row, where significant British explorations to Africa and the South Pole were planned; and more recently, the ...
In 1864 Joseph Hepworth went into business with his brother-in-law James Rhodes as a tailor in Leeds. [1] By 1881 their factory in Wellington Street employed 500 people and, unusually for the time, made all three pieces of a gentlemen's three-piece suit. [1]
Stowers (initially called Stowers Bespoke), was established in 2006 by Ray Stowers, former head of bespoke at Gieves & Hawkes for 25 years, and was created to reverse the trend in the modern market to mass-produce garments in the Far East, with all ready to wear suits, accessories and made to measure suits produced in England. [91]