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The couture department at Fortnum & Mason?!

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Under the heading "Career" the third paragraph reads "Following the war, he was invited to run the couture department at Fortnum & Mason." This is either wrongly stated, or simply wrong. "Couture" is French for "sewing", and in common usage refers to clothing above the level of ready-to-wear (or "off the peg"). Fortnum's is a provisioner and grocer. As far as I know they have never offered any clothing beyond incidental garments such as t-shirts, chef's smocks, aprons and the like. Bricology (talk) 22:35, 7 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

There are several sources of varied quality saying that Roger worked in the tailor/couture department of Fortnum & Mason.
Here's a tweet celebrating him from the F&M account: https://twitter.com/Fortnums/status/1147422439741239296
Here's a blurb from the National Portrait Gallery: https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp69395/neil-munro-bunny-roger
Here's an antique website talking about F&M purchasing a found Bunny Roger design to return "home" to their stores: https://www.antiquestradegazette.com/print-edition/2023/august/2604/news-digest/fortnum-and-mason-fashion-comes-home/ 47.222.116.67 (talk) 02:42, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]