You know how the optics of most worthwhile protests in front of the Vancouver Art Gallery are invariably spoiled by recalcitrant teenagers dressed in potato sacks smoking dope with rats in their hair? Not so across the pond, where they sometimes roll bespoke to make their points…

On April 23rd, immaculately dressed gentlemen and ladies assembled outside the Abercrombie & Fitch flagship store in London to protest the company’s plan to open a store on Savile Row, the London shopping street that has long been the home of fine British tailoring.

(more photos of the protest by Stephanie Wolf here) It’s not like we’ve been bereft of opportunities to follow suit (no pun intended). J. Crew just had their grand opening yesterday on Robson and there was nary a peep. It could have been a real tweed-up.

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