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Ozempic is causing trouble on Savile Row

by cwwc on 1/31/25, 5:16 PM with 80 comments

  • by pakitan on 1/31/25, 5:47 PM

    This is horrible. The worst thing that can happen to a business - more and more customers are coming every day! How will these people survive!

  • by recursive on 1/31/25, 5:43 PM

    Spare a thought for the tailors who now have too much business and will need to raise their prices.

  • by lenerdenator on 1/31/25, 5:45 PM

    I'm still waiting for the other shoe to drop on Ozempic. There has to be one. You're telling me that food has become so addictive and modern life so sedentary that we now need to fundamentally change human biochemistry to resolve the issues those things cause?

    Also, rough name for the row.

  • by timewizard on 1/31/25, 6:14 PM

    You've got to be kidding me. I've never seen a more obvious plant of a story. You can't technically advertise drugs in the UK. Looks like they found a "clever" way around that.

  • by unethical_ban on 1/31/25, 6:18 PM

    I hadn't thought about how you can't just clip away some fabric; that the entire fit of the suit may be useless.

    If someone has 100 suits at 7000 GBP a piece, you'd think they could sell those on some kind of secondary market and buy new suits that are flush fit.

    Or light the old suits on fire. 700,000 GBP worth of suits? Goodness.

    Off-topic: I wish there were places in the US to get tailored wardrobes curated, that wasn't an online subscription like Stitched. I'd like two or three suits, some sports coats, dress shirts and some versatile casual outfits.

    As it stands, I have four identical pairs of jeans and a drawer full of black t-shirts that fit perfectly.

  • by jgalt212 on 1/31/25, 6:23 PM

    > Well, the Uncle Georges of today are turning into wraiths.

    Does the author mean waifs?

  • by snailmailstare on 1/31/25, 6:33 PM

    An example customer has 100 $7000 suits?

  • by bublyboi on 1/31/25, 8:12 PM

    I’ve opened a short position against fabric, but I’m long on thread.

  • by deadbabe on 1/31/25, 5:42 PM

    Crazy how such an important drug for obesity sufferers is now just associated with fat vain rich people.