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He shed the Calvin Klein Collection tux he'd worn for his nuptials in favor of a bold red number that had been custom-made for him by Lanvin.

Finding long-sleeved white shirts that were traditional tennis wear uncomfortable, Mr. Lacoste caused a stir when, around 1927, he begin wearing short-sleeved shirts that had been custom-made for him.

Joseph Campbell, of Anderson, Indiana, the National Collegiate Athletic Association Champion, has a putter that was custom-made for him by Ovid Penry, an admiring neighbor who runs a machine shop.

"That was the summer to be a street vendor activist," he said, recalling how his entrepreneurial venture into street food -- a burritos pushcart custom-made for him in Chinatown -- led him to join a vendors' protest march.

Later, it will be noted by New York's most influential fashion police that Mick Jagger wore a gold sequinned jacket and other clothes custom-made for him by Dior, Balenciaga, Comme des Garçons and Prada.

My father passed on a few years ago, but last week's Republican convention seemed custom-made for him: Mr. Romney's chiseled, MacArthuresque look, his Harvard creds and blond wife, a Burberry love of all things Anglo-Saxon and, possibly most appealing, the easy-to-understand if not-quite-truthful theme of "We built it".

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The most common is the use of earplugs specially made for musicians (and sometimes custom-made for individuals).

I made it to the national championships in used skates that were custom-made for another girl".

It seemed custom-made for me.

The vessel would be custom-made for any buyer.

That production was custom-made for its stars: Ethel Merman, Bob Hope and Jimmy Durante.

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