British Tailors Object to Abercrombie & Fitch’s Prospective Store on Savile Row

Retail chain Abercrombie & Fitch recently submitted plans to take over a space on the Row for a children's wear store, and the proposal is proving unpopular. In interviews with British newspaper The Guardian, Savile Row tenants explain their anti-Abercrombie stance, seemingly borne out of a fear of competition, a fear of tourists, and a touch of quintessential British snobbery.