One of the stranger couplings was that of Jackie Kennedy and Orthodox Jewish diamond tycoon Maurice Tempelsman, who, despite being married during their relationship, shared her Fifth Avenue apartment.  As they say, a diamond is a girl's best friend.

I think some of the most iconic images of Jackie are those by Warhol.

"Sir, we are confident we have your pattern perfected and so in the future you won't need fittings any longer.  Just pick out the cloth and we'll ship the finished suit to you"
Keith Fallan, Fallan & Harvey, London Bespoke Tailors

"Sir, we're deeply sorry about how the suits turned out."
Keith Fallan, conveying his remorse over 5 suits shipped to me, sans fittings, whose sleeves were long enough to come down to my knuckles.

"Sir, if your trousers are too long, perhaps taking them to the dry cleaners will shrink them."
John Dubois, London Bespoke Tailor

"Sir, not to worry, there will be sufficient cloth for a break in your trousers."
Richard Anderson, Savile Row Bespoke Tailor, reassuring me on the proper length of trousers for my $4,000 suit, which turned out to be too short for any break, with no additional cloth to lengthen trousers.

"Sir, I'm not an actual tailor, I'm a salesman."
Salesman from Johns and Pegg, London Bespoke Tailors, said to me during New York trip for measurements and fittings

"I'm trying to decide whether to send your suit to London or Florida to be made."
Len Logsdail, New York Bespoke Tailor, regarding my $4,000 suit

"Sir, we have many shoes around here."
Reply from person at John Lobb St James's in response to my inquiry of why my $4,000 bespoke shoes were still there despite having been completed 6 months earlier 

"Sir, the bags cost extra."
Reply from person at John Lobb in response to why shoes were eventually shipped sans dust bags, and just wrapped in paper 

"Sir, the shoelaces cost extra."
Reply from John Lobb to my request to send extra pair of laces

"Sir, would you like to place an order for another suit?"
Steven Hitchcock, Youngest Master Tailor on Savile Row, inquiring about ordering a second suit after a fitting for the first suit, which was not finished.

"Sir, yes, I have cut for Prince Charles.  See, it says so on my business card."
Steven Hitchcock, Youngest Master Tailor on Savile Row

"Sir, the shirts we made for you were measured and made properly"
"Sir, we've re-checked everything and the shirts were made absolutely perfectly to your measurements."
"Sir, we're sorry, but we checked again and it seems that there was, indeed, a, ahem, problem in our workroom."
Roger Talbot, Hilditch & Key, Jermyn St, London Shirtmakers, sheepishly and reluctantly admitting that they botched an order of 20 shirts, each one of which had sleeves 1/2" to 1" too short or too long.

"Sir, the holes in your shirt will fade after a few washings"
Roger Talbot offering his reassurances about the thousands of holes left in the 20 brand new, never-worn shirts, a result of removing the thread to shorten and lengthen the sleeves.

"Sir, we really do not wish to deal with this matter any longer."
Roger Talbot, in responding to my displeasure over the thousands of holes in the shirts

"Roger, sir, please keep the shirts and donate them to charity.  And, sir, do remove me from your Rolodex!"
Me (also poliitely known as sir among the London bespoke trade)

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