Bespoke is usually a British English term for tailored clothing made at a customer's behest, and exactly to the customer's specification. British English or UK English ( BrE, BE, en-GB) is the broad term used to distinguish the forms of the English language used in the A tailor is a person whose occupation is to sew and scissor menswear style jackets and the skirts or trousers that go with them Bespoke clothing is created without use of a pre-existing pattern, differentiating it from made to measure, which alters a standard-sized pattern to fit the customer. Made to measure typically refers to clothing that is sewn from a standard-sized base pattern In American English, it is a synonym for "custom made. Phonology North American English regional phonology In many ways compared to English English, North American English is conservative in its Phonology. "
Today, it is also frequently used for technical components specifically developed for a certain application (e. g. bespoke software), as well as in the automotive and cake decorating industries, when customers get a chance to have an automobile equipped or cake decorated to their specification. Custom software (also known as Bespoke software) is a type of Software that is developed either for a specific organization or function that differs
Etymology
Bespoke derives from the word bespeak, meaning 'to ask for' some thing. It comes from Savile Row, where a customer would bespeak a measure of cloth. Savile Row (ˈsævɪl both vowels short with accent on the first syllable is a shopping street in Mayfair, central London, famous for its traditional men's The bespoke bolt of cloth was unavailable to any other client until the entire suit had been cut, assembled, and sewn.
Other uses
The term can also refer to
- Furniture. Furniture is the Mass noun for the movable objects which may support the human body (seating furniture and beds, provide storage or hold objects on horizontal
- Elements of interior design (e. Interior design is a practice concerned with anything that is found inside a space - walls windows doors finishes textures light furnishings and furniture g. closets). A closet (especially in North American usage is a small and enclosed space a cabinet, or a Cupboard in a House
- Computer software, in which it refers to software designed and written for a single company and/or task.
- Telecommunications refers to non-standard solution tailored for specific customer solution.
- Customisation of a particular product or service (e. g. envelopes).
- Structured finance products (e. Structured finance is a broad term used to describe a sector of Finance that was created to help transfer Risk using complex legal and corporate entities g. collateralized debt obligations). For other subjects with the same abbreviation see CDO. Collateralized debt obligations (CDOs are an unregulated type of Asset-backed security
- Custom specifications in ordering a luxury automobile such as a Rolls-Royce or a Bentley. A Rolls-Royce car may refer to vehicles produced by Rolls-Royce Limited (1906-1973 Rolls-Royce Motors (1973-2003 which was owned The Bentley State Limousine is an Official state car created by Bentley for Queen Elizabeth II on the occasion of her Golden Jubilee in 2002
- Firearms, particularly luxury sporting arms such as shotguns and rifles. A shotgun (also known as a scattergun) is a Firearm that is usually designed to be fired from the shoulder which uses the energy of a fixed shell to fire a number A rifle is a Firearm designed to be fired from the shoulder with a barrel that has a helical groove or pattern of grooves ("rifling" cut into the barrel walls These may include custom appointments (stocks made of rare woods, custom engraving, case coloring or other metalwork) and custom fitting.
- Shoemaking - generally provided by small manufacturers, working by hand. There are shoemakers who are specialised mainly for bespoke orders.
- Staplers - from Ryman's the stationers.
References
Norton, Kate. "Savile Row Never Goes Out of Style", BusinessWeek, 2006-10-31. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 445 BC – Ezra reads the Book of the Law to the Israelites in Jerusalem (see Nehemiah 91 NLTse Retrieved on 2007-05-22. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 334 BC - The Greek army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus.
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