The council spokesman said it was working with Enterprise Peterborough to "rectify the situation" regarding the Freemans panels and was taking "appropriate steps to protect this investment and taxpayers' money".
As American lines like Bonobos, Band of Outsiders and Freemans Sporting Club have adapted the traditional tailoring of their storied U.K. counterparts to suit modern tastes ("if it ain't broke we'll nip it"), at London's custom houses, even a stitching tweak would be perceived as mutinous a decade ago.