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2nd August 2014
05:30pm BST

Elsa Schiaparelli
Italian fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli was recognised as one of the greatest fashion designers of her time. Along with Coco Chanel, she had a huge influence on fashion trends in the period between the first two World Wars. Chanel and Schiaparelli were often regarded as rivals, however the designer stopped practising after World War II and her business closed in 1954.
Savile Row
Located in Mayfair, central London, Savile Row caters for bespoke menswear. It has quite an impressive customer base, Sir Winston Churchill reportedly bought suits here. Prince Charles and actor Jude Law have also been known to frequent some of the impressive tailoring establishments on the street. The Savile Row Bespoke Association was founded in 2004 to protect bespoke tailoring as practised in Savile Row. There were plans to build an Abercrombie & Fitch store on the street in 2012 but the association objected against it on the grounds that it would encourage other chain stores to set up shop in the Savile Row vicinity.

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