Here in Portland, we’re used to our top-notch selection of local framebuilding talent, but how about some locally-made, custom clothes to wear on your locally-made, custom bike? And no, we’re not talking about tight hipster-jeans, or roadie lycra and spandex.
Enter Emily Horton, who is putting the finishing touches on the patterns and designs for her bike-specific, custom clothing. Horton is proprietor of M-Horton Clothing Designs, a one-woman custom-clothing and sewing house.
Emily Horton shows off her Cycling Trousers
NELSON WADE, designer of men and woman’s fine custom apparel, is now offering a full line of fabrics from SCABAL. For more than 70 years, SCABAL has supplied exquisite fabrics to prestigious tailors.
For all the men and women out there who insist upon a “Rolls Royce” suit, SCABAL has designed and created the first cloth which incorporates diamond fragments called “Diamond Chip”.
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Also in a very elegant way, SCABAL is implementing the general trend for increased personalization. Thanks to new technology, it is now possible to weave complete sentences, personal motto, wedding date, a message of love, the name of a company or club, or even a poem and this in an uninterrupted line or with spacing.
Category Men's Suits, Women's Clothing | 0 Comments »If you are confused by the difference between a “bespoke” and “made-to-measure” suit, you aren’t alone.
Advertising Standards Authority thinks that the words have become so interchangeable in the public’s mind that the tailors of Savile Row in London no longer have a right to the exclusive grip over the word that they’ve had for centuries.
On Wednesday, it rejected a complaint against Sartoriani, a tailor on Bond Street, for using the word “bespoke” in an advertising campaign.
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