A two-piece bespoke suit from Poole will set you back from $2,500 to $3000; a sports coat nearly $2,000.
Head bartender Alessandro Palazzi's table-side trolley arrives at your deep green velvet armchair primed with frozen gin (or vodka), bespoke vermouth from Sacred Spirits and a bowl of large lemons from his native Amalfi coast.
Interiors reflect the best of Portugal with the decorators, Bastir – renowned for their designs in both the Bairro Alto Hotel in Lisbon and Vidago Palace in the country's extreme north – drawing together art, bespoke porcelain from Braz Gil Studio, silks, wood, slate and marble from around the country to create a harmonious whole.
Now Austin Reed has teamed up with The Independent for an exclusive money-off offer - you could buy an Austin Reed suit from just £149 - or invest in a bespoke suit from as little as £499.
The city's location at western Europe's outer limits, just a few miles from the Iron Curtain, helped retain the tradition, insulating bespoke shops from the competition of cheaper brands, especially until the 1990s.
Like a bespoke suit from Anderson & Sheppard or a pair of cap-toe Oxfords from John Lobb, Valextra's style is refined, understated.
Mr. Talley, a Vogue editor at large, was referring to a tippet he was wearing as an accessory to a $3,500 chalk-striped bespoke suit from Huntsman, the English tailor; a $400 shirt with coordinated tie from Charvet in Paris; and a Tyrolean hat from Habig, whose hatband brush alone, of badger, cost $300 in 1988.
The four pilot councils will receive bespoke help from Whitehall officials.
Even wiser ones write on bespoke stationery from the Printery in Oyster Bay, N.Y.
