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Prince's line of menswear will need help fitting in here.(Brief Article)
Crain's New York Business, August, 2002 by Brady, James
When I read the other day that the Prince of Wales is bringing out a line of menswear, it occurred to me Ralph Lauren and John Weitz don't have a thing to worry about. Most ready-made British tailoring is dreadful. You'd never catch Fred Astaire or Cary Grant or those chaps wearing it; American stuff is much better.
The only really fine London men's clothing comes from a handful of custom tailors in and around Savile Row. And those suits cost close to $2,000 and require three fittings. The idea that because Charles puts his name on the label makes it wearable is preposterous. About as daft as his love life. I was sent by Fairchild Publications to England as London bureau chief in January of 1959 and early on encountered Captain Jack Murdock. The captain was...
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