It all looks nice at a passing glance, but as we gazed more closely, we noticed some wavy stitching in places on the dash, a loose seam on one of the sun visors and a number of pieces made from somewhat cheap-feeling plastic.

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Already I could envisage opportunities to use all sorts of different laces and braids, detailed examples of hand stitching, with some other antique dresses we'd picked up from a local supplier.

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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.

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