Savile Row - Popular Culture

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• No. 7 Savile Row was the London address of Phileas Fogg, protagonist of Jules Verne's classic adventure novel Around the World in 80 Days.
• In Japanese, one word for "suit" is sebiro (背広), purportedly a corruption of "Savile Row."
• Saville Row appears in the Monopoly Here and Now edition, a misspelling of the correct name.
• Savile Row is featured as venue in the music video game Rock Band.
• Savile Row is mentioned in The Kinks' song, "End of the Season".
• Savile Row suits are mentioned in The Monochrome Set's song "Jet Set Junta".
• Savile Row is mentioned in the song "You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile" in the hit musical Annie.
• In the cult film Withnail and I, Withnail claims his suit was cut by "Hawkes of Savile Row".
• In the song "American Boy" by Estelle with Kanye West, the line "Dressed smart like a London bloke / Before he speaks his suit bespoke" refers to bespoke tailoring common to Savile Row.
• The Streets mention Savile Row in the song "The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living". "Go into Maurice Sedwell of Savile Row / I want a pin-stripe suit that no man owns".
• In the cult film Sextette, the fashion designer portrayed by Keith Moon mentions his client's husband's suit being from the north side of Savile Row.
• Savile Row is mentioned in the James Bond film Dr. No. The suits that Sean Connery actually wears in the film were made by Anthony Sinclair, in nearby Conduit Street.
• In the film The Tailor of Panama, Savile Row is the former location of the "Pendel & Braithwaite" tailor shop.
• In the 24th episode of the sixth season of Married with Children ("The England Show I") Al and Bud Bundy visit Poole & Co. tailors on Savile Row.
• In episode #7 of the second season of Gossip Girl a bartender refers to one of Chuck Bass's suits as a Savile Row.
• Jay-Z mentions Savile Row in the song "Glory" which was dedicated to his newborn daughter. "2 years old, shopping on Savile Row"
• In episode five, series eleven of Top Gear, the host tries to park a Mercedes-Benz 600, as well as a Rolls-Royce Corniche, in a narrow parking space on Savile Row.
• In the film This Means War, FDR mentions that his suit is made by "Savile Row's finest"