Bow Down To The Pressure
These days I am told that I am good with zips and fasteners. However I struggle with self tie bow ties.
I am like a 14 year old boy at the movies attempting to unclip a bra strap. I think the movie was Raiders of the Lost Ark and that thing was impregnable, unlike its wearer who I heard was on the domestic purposes benefit in a heart beat.
Chris Vovan our store manager at High Street is a whiz and we normally recommend that if you can't get a lesson from him that you check out you tube.
Butlers know best.
Confused?
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