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The bespoke Savile Row suit is a British icon, right up there with the Beatles, the Queen and the red double-decker bus. So you should probably be sitting down for this: Kilgour French Stanbury, tailors to the well-heeled and well-dressed, are making some of their suits in Shanghai. Why? The same reason anybody makes anything in China these days: it's a lot cheaper. The Shanghai suits start at $1,650, a mighty markdown from the $5,800 for the made-in-London versions. But is it still a Savile Row suit if it's made in China? Maybe: the suits are cut by British tailors before being sent for sewing to the Kilgour-owned workshop in Shanghai. Kilgour creative director Carlo Brandelli swears there's no compromising on standards. "We sampled suits made in England and Italy and Shanghai," he says. "We went to Shanghai because the quality was exceptional." Customers don't seem to mind; the firm's client base has soared since the suits were introduced. Next, Brandelli plans to revamp the Savile Row store and its offerings. The idea, he says, is to make sure that the firm uses only the world's best craftsmen, regardless of geography. "Everything you buy at Kilgour will be made where it should be made," he says. "That is what defines true style."

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