【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 23-30
M₁: London's Savile Row is famous for its independent tailoring shops that have been selling bespoke men's clothing along the short street since 1623. But in an era of outsourcing, e-tail, and mass production, these storied operations, which rely on skilled artisans to make their costly suits by hand, seem to belong to a different world. It's a world Richard Anderson knows well. At 17 he became an apprentice at famed tailor Henry Huntsman & Sons, a fixture on the Row. After 25 years at Huntsman and convinced there was still a market for quality custom-tailored suits, Anderson in 2001 opened his eponymous shop at 13 Savile Row, with the idea of carrying on the old techniques with a modern twist. Reported by Stacy Perman from Business Week.
In today's world, does bespoke tailoring still have appeal as a career choice?
M₂: Actually there has been quite a strong swing back with young kids going into the trade. We're now seen as fashionable. The BBC did a documentary, and it portrayed Savile Row in a really good light. A lot of the kids are sort of seeing the trade and apprenticing as a good way to go. Tuition fees to go to university are exorbitant, so this holds good appeal.
M₁: What made you decide to start your own company?
M₂: Basically Henry Huntsman & Sons had been taken over. New management came on board, and it really was a signal to me. I was still at a young age. I felt that I had gone as far as I could at the time and thought I could take all that I had learned and put it in a fresh new setting.
M₁: When you first opened you put an ad in The Wall Street Journal announcing that you would he traveling to the U.S. to receive clients in 11 cities, and you came back with ￡75,000 ($123,948) in orders. This was a winning strategy—what was your thinking?
M₂: There is a kind of gentleman's agreement that if you leave a shop you don't go ring up all your clients and bring them on. But my partner had been traveling since he was 16 and had a good following. One guy ordered 10 suits to be supportive. That first trip we came back with a strong book of work before we even opened the shop.
M₁: Today most people buy their clothes off racks in stores or online and barely speak to the salesperson. You obviously have deep relationships with your clients—you travel to the U. S. , Europe, and Asia for fittings. Is this something that keeps this kind of trade alive?
M₂: No one suit is the same. You are taking 19 measures on a person. You chat and get to know the customer, and you put all those ingredients into a pattern and make something quite beautiful for them.
I have always traveled to clients. It is extraordinary and it is niche. I have to have a person to measure—I can't fit someone online. A bespoke suit has to be done in person. We are happy to go to the customer—that's what has always been done on Savile Row. We do have an online business, but we only sell things like ties, handkerchiefs, and socks.
M₁: You write about your own children being rather blasé in their interest of working on Savile Row. If you were 17 in today's world and had the chance to do it again, would you?
M₂: I think I probably would. I love this. It is almost like going on a stage every day—there is drama. I still enjoy the wonderful craft of making beautiful clothes for people.