a bespoke tailor

I was about to say that I had known the Celebrity from the time he wore kilts. But I see I will have to amend that, because he was not a celebrity then, nor, indeed, did he achieve fame until some time after I left New York for the West.

'Then she must be a member of the Sally Ann.' / That's what some people called the Salvation Army, whether with affection or not I don't know.

...in keeping with the historically aspirational function of the section, what with its statusy wedding pages and full-page ads for diamonds and fur.