The Faithfull And Obedient Servants

April, 1955

The Faithfull and Obedient ServantsSavile Row is a Pleasant Georgianstreet in London's West End, distinguished by the brass plates beside its austerely elegant doorways. The names on the brass plates belong to tailors, some of whom have their premises blocks away but keep one room on Savile Row because that address has, like Rolls Royce on a car radiator, an aura of ageless prestige, impeccable taste, and bottomless wealth. My battle with Savile Row began half a decade ago, after my junior year...