The London Lounge

I work in the Hatton Garden area. We have one of those Italian men's shops where a "£699" suit is on offer for £199 and five shirts cost £99. You know the ones.

This morning I was trekking to the office and there was a guy exiting the front door of said shop with eight full suit carriers, all branded with the name of a Savile Row tailor.

I'm being kind hoping it was for the ready to wear range, but even at that level the customer is not getting what he expected. Shame.

Dear Stephen,

this reminds me somehow of Mrs Hyacinth Bouquet aka Bucket. In one episode, she has this concern about the Royal Warrant on a furniture delivery van. She worried that the warrant could only be painted on one side of the van so the neighbours could miss it.

The gentleman you observed might be recycling suit carriers, or is making a delivery to status obsessed customers - whatever. And whoever buys RTW with a Savile Row label does it for the label and nothing else. Some people deserve to be punished

Cheers, David

.. great summary!

David, this probably belongs in some other thread, but your mention of La Bucket prompted a very fond memory of seeing Patricia Routledge reading from the papers of Dame Myra Hess at Wigmore Hall last summer, accompanied by pianist Piers Lane. The program enacted (with projected photos as a backdrop) her suggestion of, and performance and organization for, the National Gallery lunchtime concerts during WWII. It was quite a moving evening.

couch wrote:David, this probably belongs in some other thread, but your mention of La Bucket prompted a very fond memory of seeing Patricia Routledge reading from the papers of Dame Myra Hess at Wigmore Hall last summer, accompanied by pianist Piers Lane. The program enacted (with projected photos as a backdrop) her suggestion of, and performance and organization for, the National Gallery lunchtime concerts during WWII. It was quite a moving evening.

Dear Couch,

thank you for this - Ms Routledge is a delicious actress indeed. I understand she walked away from La Bucket - it probably got a bit overwhelming for her. I still love to watch the series from time to time though

Cheers, David