Savile Row

English

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /sævɪl ɹəʊ/

Proper noun

Savile Row

  1. A street in Mayfair, borough of Westminster, London, United Kingdom, known for its bespoke tailoring for men.
  2. (metonymically, fashion) The tailoring companies located on Savile Row and neighbouring streets.
    a Savile Row suit
    • 2012 March 11, Euan Ferguson, “Abercrombie & Fitch with its 'crappy clothes' threatens staid Savile Row”, in The Observer‎:
      And, thus, this phenomenally successful company can just possibly get by without worrying about my taste, or whether I actually like it; or, quite probably, if they win the planning decision, what Savile Row thinks of them.

Descendants
  • →? Japanese: 背広 (sebiro)

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