He is a clever fellow, too, as the following anecdote will prove:—"The Emperor wished to illuminate the Alexander column in a grand style, the size of the round lamps was indicated, and the glasses bespoken at the St Petersburg manufactory, where the workmen exerted themselves in vain, and almost blew the breath out of their bodies in the endeavour to obtain the desired magnitude.
Mr. Kovner said: "New money wants something bespoken".
He wore off-the-rack clothing that looked as if it were bespoken.
This performance, in fact, gave us, in less than 10 minutes, a full flowering of the Soviet Russian style of male virtuosity in dance - with something added which was inimitably personal to Nureyev - coupled with the sort of delicate, unstrained classicism which so well suits Fonteyn and which in the past (if not on this particular occasion) has so often bespoken the guidance of Frederick Ashton.
bespoken for pageants, exhibits, etc.
They are replacing the waiters' pale-green shirts and mossy vests with uniforms made by a local designer, Bespoken Clothiers: gray two-button suits, white shirts, and dark ties.
Plenty of designs are perfectly desirable, like the slick, slightly shiny, retro suits at David Hart; the cotton suits with the ankles bared at Todd Snyder; the cool short-sleeved sweatshirts at Bespoken; and the witty camo coats (painted with a target on the back) at Mark McNairy.
Marlon Gobel, Bespoken, Mark McNairy, Gilded Age and John Bartlett have taken the magazine up on its offer and will have shows there during the Fashion Week that begins next Thursday.
At the recent Bespoken presentation at the Museum of Arts and Design, there were only 10 looks, including a waxed cotton suit, a nice trench and handsomely fitted dress shirts that, to be honest, were not entirely distinctive from the classic preppy look coming from other designers.
Bespoken, which is sold at Harrods and Bloomingdale's, was started by a group of young cool kids that includes the brothers Paulo and Carlos Gonçalves and the brothers Liam, James and Sam Fayed (whose family owns Harrods, Turnbull & Asser and the Hôtel Ritz in Paris, where they first showed their line in June, and lots of other fancy things).
A new men's line called Bespoken, for example, focuses on high-quality tailoring at prices that would match Jil Sander or Gucci only when the latter are on sale.
