AT ONE TIME BESPOKE WAS A TERM USED IN TAILORING, SHOEMAKING AND CABINET MAKING. IN TAILORING THE ORIGINAL TERM DATES BACK TO THE DAYS WHEN A CUSTOMER ORDERING A GARMENT WOULD SELECT AND RESERVE A CLOTH THAT WAS THEN “BESPOKEN” OR “SPOKEN FOR”. TODAY THE TERM MEANS “MADE TO PERSONAL SPECIFICATION” AND ENTAILS METICULOUS ATTENTION [...]

I MENTIONED THIS FINE BOOK IN AN EARLIER POST. I STILL HAVE THE COPY THAT MY GREAT GRANDFATHER GAVE TO MY GRANDFATHER IN THE LATE 1890′S AND AS I MENTIONED I STILL REFER TO IT FROM TIME TO TIME. IT REMAINS MY MOST TREASURED BOOK ON TAILORING. LONDON’S VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM, WHICH IS DEVOTED [...]