Cheng, who had the suits for his wedding in the Maldives made here last year, looks totally at home, chatting to the tailors in Cantonese (though, unlike many Hong Kong Chinese, Cheng is also fluent in Mandarin).

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The tailors who still work in and around London's Savile Row are experts at disentangling the military, medical and sporting threads that form the modern suit.

ECONOMIST: Men's clothing