Harrods is now stocking a luxury range of 'ballistic daywear' for patrons who fear they are in the firing line.
A Columbian entrepreneur, Miguel Caballero, came up with the idea for the range as student while pondering how to protect his wealthy classmates from guerrilla revolutionaries.
King Abdullah of Jordan, Venezuela's President, Hugo Chavez, and Columbia's President, Alvaro Uribe, are all said to be fans of the range alongside actor Steven Segal, star of the bullet-riddled action film Under Siege.
The line includes a polo shirt, a blazer, a sports jacket, a biker jacket and a raincoat. It is made-to-measure and priced between £3,300 and £7,700.
Tough enough to withstand fire from automatic weapons, the clothing is also reportedly unobtrusive enough to be worn at parties.
Makers claim the jackets give the same protection as a 4.5kg police vest while weighing just 1.8kg. They come in three levels of protection. The lowest level guards against revolvers and pistols, medium protects against higher calibre pistols while high protection reputedly bounces back bullets from an Uzi machine gun.
They even contain "thermo materials" to keep body temperature at a cool 13-17C.
Harrods admits no-one has yet bought a single item from their range but said it expects good international sales.
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