Congratulations from all at the Savile Row Bespoke Association (SRBA) to Angus Cundey, Chairman of Henry Poole & Co, who was awarded a much deserved MBE for services to bespoke tailoring and trade charities in the 2016 New Year’s Honours list. Mr Cundey was presented with his honour by HM The Queen at Buckingham Palace in March.

Affectionately known as the ‘Godfather of Savile Row’, Mr Cundey has worked on our unique street for 58 years and has done much to maintain the acclaimed standards of its bespoke tailoring and ensure its future through his continued support of training and apprenticeship initiatives.

Mr Cundey was taught to sew at Lanvin in Paris in 1955 before continuing his training at the Tailor and Cutter Academy in London. He joined his family firm, Henry Poole & Co, in 1957, becoming the sixth generation of his family to do so. Now, aged 78, he still works part time as well as playing an active role in the Bespoke Tailors Benevolent Association, a charity which supports tailors in financial need, the Tailors’ Benevolent Institute and the SRBA.