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Spencer Hart, Savile Row

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In the world of men's fashion, fads may come and go, but true classics always remain. And for the truly fashionable male, Savile Row represents a "holy grail" of style and refinement. One of the more recent editions to the list of fine tailors of Savile Row is Spencer Hart. Launched in 2002, Spencer Hart captures the essence of classic style and tailors it for today's modern tastes. The style is delightfully jazz-age inspired with skinny ties and crisp lines. Fabrics are luxurious and are from the best English mills. The world of male British musicians has taken to Spence Hart rather well with Duran Duran, David Bowie, and Robbie Williams all enjoying these fine garments. Other than at several establishments in the UK and Japan (including his own store in London), the only places in the U.S. that you can find Spencer Hart is at Bergdorf's in New York and Wilkes Bashford in San Francisco.

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Bobbie Nudie, 1913-2006

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Bobbie Nudie, woman who started Nudie's Rodeo Tailors, passed away last week. She and her husband, Nudie Cohn, designed clothes for celebrities from Elvis Presley to Arnold Schwarzenegger, including famous outfits like Elvis's gold lame suit, and put hundreds and thousands of rhinestones on the clothes of country singers everywhere. Their remarkable costumes, which were made to suit their motto that "it is better to be looked over than overlooked," are highly collectible today and sell for upwards of $1000 when in good condition.