OS / 2 is still used by The Co-operative Bank in the UK for its domestic call centre staff, using a bespoke program created to access customer accounts which cannot easily be migrated to Windows.

Each mix is bespoke and is created using gas blending techniques, which often involve the use of booster pumps to achieve typical diving cylinder pressures of from lower pressure banks of oxygen and helium cylinders.

He had a large number of bespoke Caraceni suits, which were of very high quality and classic design, and yet had the signature Italian bravura.

Flash 10 technology now enables sites to develop bespoke applications which can upload photos, manipulating them and cut out the head from it.

VHD discs were adopted in the UK by Thorn EMI which started to develop a consumer catalogue, including bespoke material.

You must make the greater account of them, as it is impossible to get any more of the same man, nor indeed of his disciple here, who is a priest too, and has been four years about a pair I bespoke of him, which he tells me plainly he cannot finish in less than two more.

Oxbox which can be found at http :// www. oxbox. tv produce broadcast quality films highlighting aspects of life in Oxfordshire, presented on a bespoke website with full integration with social media.

He established the custom of sewing personal labels into the bespoke garments which were created at Worth ’ s atelier in Paris, and would prepare a portfolio of dress designs that would also be shown on live models at the House of Worth.

The twist for Ilmor, which is accustomed to manufacturing bespoke racing engines, was to race only engines identical to those already sold to the more typical high-performance powerboat customer.

During this phase, March Engines ( a separate company within the group ) undertook a number of bespoke customer projects-a highly modified BMW M1 ( which was highly unsuccessful but provided some input into the later GTP / Group C cars ) and an equally unsuccessful Indycar ( the Orbitor ) based around the 792 chassis.

He produced designs for the spectrum of architectural commissions, from bespoke custom homes to institutional and public buildings, most of which are still in use today.

Their association is said to have begun in the 1760s, when Henry Hope passed Baring some bills to negotiate and ended up ‘ exceedingly struck with the transaction which bespoke not only great zeal and activity, but what was still more important … either good credit or great resources … From that day Baring became one of their principal friends ’ ( Barings archives, DEP249 ).

The Simpson family, which gave the store its name, established their bespoke tailoring workshop in the East End of London in 1894.

These included a bespoke cylinder head which incorporated hemispherical combustion chambers, altered valve timing, new inlet and exhaust manifolds as well as different carburation.

In 2006 Broun was voted ' Professional Woodworker of the year 2005 ' by The Woodworker magazine and in 2006 completed a two year self-funded DVD project called " Furniture Today " which is a unique multi media presentation on British contemporary bespoke furniture set against a backcloth dating back to The Magna Carta.

While the distinction conferred by haute couture is protected by law in France, the British Advertising Standards Authority has ruled it is a fair practice to use the term bespoke for products which do not fully incorporate traditional construction methods.

Between the extremes of bespoke and ready-to-wear has existed, since the end of the 19th century, a " grey area of garments for which the customer was measured, but that were then made up to the closest standard size, often, but by no means always, in a factory.

" The distinction made here is between bespoke, created without use of a pre-existing pattern, and made to measure, which alters a standard-sized pattern to fit the customer.

Technological change makes this distinction more subtle, since " fittings are increasingly required for both bespoke and made-to-measure ; a bespoke service may require an individually-cut pattern, which is then kept should further suits be required, and now made-to-measure measurements are often stored too, on a computer.

The ruling cited the Oxford English Dictionary definition of bespoke as " made to order ", and considered that despite the fact a bespoke suit was " fully hand-made and the pattern cut from scratch, with an intermediary baste stage which involved a first fitting so that adjustments could be made to a half-made suit ", while a suit made-to-measure " would be cut, usually by machine, from an existing pattern, and adjusted according to the customer's measurements ", " both fully bespoke and made-to-measure suits were " made to order " in that they were made to the customer's precise measurements and specifications, unlike off-the-peg suits ".

A bespoke garment or suit is completely original and unique to each customer.

The distinguishing points of bespoke tailoring are the buyer's total control over the fabric used, the features and fit, and the way the garment should be made.

This opposition of terms did not initially imply that a bespoke garment was necessarily well built, but since the development of ready-to-wear in the beginning of the twentieth century, bespoke clothing is now more expensive and is generally accompanied by a high quality of construction.

The " Vic " has factories in Munster, Ireland and in Dandenong, Australia and is a worldwide exporter of bespoke carpets for hotels and large commercial venues.

The user interface is displayed in a web browser on a PC connected to the device, therefore needing no bespoke software to be installed.

He is known for wearing his wristwatch over his cuff, wearing his tie askew or wearing ( fashionable ) high brown hiking boots under a bespoke suit.

There is also a bespoke suite for postgraduate and professional education.

Ready-to-wear or prêt-à-porter (; often abbreviated RTW ; " off-the-rack " or " off-the-peg " in casual use ) is the term for factory-made clothing, sold in finished condition, in standardized sizes, as distinct from made to measure or bespoke clothing tailored to a particular person's frame.

" This term is also used for unique vehicles produced during " an era when luxury was individualistic consideration, and coachwork could be tailored to an owner like a bespoke suit.

An unrelated type of escrow is when a purchaser of a complex system, such as bespoke process control software or a large industrial installation, may require the supplier to place the design into source code escrow, so that the purchaser remains in a position to maintain and modify the system in case of the demise of the supplier.

There is also a bespoke shoe company based in London that was established in the 1800s who developed a penny loafer as a country house shoe for the landed gentry and the royal family.

Upgrading braking using either bespoke parts, parts produced by the vehicle's manufacturer, from later versions of the same model or later models that may be compatible with minor modification, is an effective way of improving safety.

Ready made and altered " sizes " or pre cut shapes ; a convenience that often is expressed over time with wrinkles from poor shaping, leading to distortion ; The made to measure that uses measurements, not shaping, to achieve things like style, lengths and horizontal measurements ; The custom, bespoke or tailoring-designed suit that has interim half-made fittings and is cut from an actual personal pattern.

Functional cuff buttons may be found on high-end or bespoke suits ; this feature is called a surgeon's cuff.

Some wearers leave these buttons undone to reveal that they can afford a bespoke suit, although it is proper to leave these buttons done up.

The Forces Station BFBS is a music, news, entertainment and community service providing bespoke content to the global Forces Community with a focus on Forces News and connecting the Forces communities with around the world.

) Available only as a bespoke (" Mulliner ") model, each RL is customised to the desires of the buyer.

There is also be a bespoke inspection regime for SOCA, provided through Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary ( HMIC ).

Other differences between the Williams and the Clio 16S it is based on include a wider front track with some parts borrowed from the Renault 19, wider Speedline alloys, uprated ( JC5 ) gearbox, bespoke four-to-one manifold, firmer suspension, and some cosmetic differences on the exterior and interior.

Traditional tailoring is called bespoke tailoring in the United Kingdom, where the heart of the trade is in London's Savile Row, and custom tailoring in the United States and Hong Kong.

Whilst the APIs used to control and implement EFS are bespoke to Microsoft's Windows OSs ( and EFS is restricted to NTFS ) using iSCSI you can create a virtual NTFS volume on a networked drive ( e. g. an ext3 drive in a Linux device ).