We are delighted to announce that Su Thomas has joined the Savile Row Bespoke Association as its first Director. Su has been deeply involved with training on Savile Row – not least in implementing and co-managing the highly successful SRBA sponsored pre-apprenticeship course at Newham College – and is well known to the members of the SRBA and many on …
Kilgour cutter Del Smith returned to one of the most memorable and enduringly elegant appearances on film for inspiration for this pair of bespoke evening tails. The tails that Fred Astaire so famously performed in in Top Hat were made for himorder clomid online by Kilgour in 1935. Also numbering Louis B. Meyer and Edward G. Robinson amongst its customers, …
Established in 1806 and the oldest tailor on Savile Row, Henry Poole & Co. has been making liveries – “The clothing worn by those attached to or in the service of the great households and institutions,” in the words of Keith Levett, its Head of Ceremonial Tailoring – since 1869 when it received a Royal Warrant for its Ceremonial Tailoring …
An update on Abercrombie & Fitch’s bid to open a children’s shop on Savile Row. “I think it’s irresponsible of Abercrombie & Fitch to consider Savile Row as a location. We shouldn’t mince our words. I feel this is very inappropriate.” The mood of the Planning & City Development Committee that met on Tuesday evening at Westminster City Council was …
Eleven young cutters were awarded their Savile Row Bespoke Association’s Apprenticeship Certificates at the Master Tailors’ Benevolent Association’s summer party on Friday, 6th July. SRBA technical committee Chairman Philip Parker of Henry Poole & Co provided the introduction to the awards ceremony held at the Merchant Taylors’ Hall, acknowledging the impressive achievement of those who had successfully completed their apprenticeships, …
Some pictures of Savile Row’s contribution to London Collections: Men – the Savile Row Open Day and Burlington Arcade cocktail reception of 15th June. Thanks again to everyone who helped make it happen, not least Woolmark’s Cool Wool, H.R. Owen and The London Evening Standard.
A number of members of the Savile Row Bespoke Association will be joining forces with the gentlemen’s requisites houses of the Burlington Arcade and the London Evening Standard this Friday, 15th June, to co-host a cocktail reception with a difference in recognition of the British Fashion Council’s inaugural London Collections: Men. Savile Row meets the Burlington Arcade will begin at …
Founder SRBA member Meyer & Mortimer continued what has become a distinct tradition with its recent appearance on BBC1’s The One Show. The Sackville Street tailors are one of the very few in and just off Savile Row to maintain a frosted glass frontage, something originally designed with discretion in mind that has now become a great attraction to film …
Savile Row was the scene of an appropriately well dressed protest yesterday morning as scores of supporters of The Chap magazine’s campaign against Abercrombie & Fitch moving into the street assembled to voice their concerns. The American teenage clothing retailer intends to open a children’s clothing emporium at 3 Savile Row, the listed former headquarters of The Beatles’ Apple Corps. …
Hand & Lock might be tucked away in Fitrovia on the other side of Oxford Street, but the remarkable hand embroidery it has been producing for 240 years is central to the workings of Savile Row. The vast archive and work on display at Savile Row Bespoke Association associate member Hand & Lock exemplifies the traditions and history of the …
The BBC’s Young Tailor of the Year for 2102 is Savile Row Bespoke Association member Dege & Skinner apprentice Emma Martin. Announced on BBC3 television on Sunday 5th February, the award forms a part of the BBC’s ‘Britain’s Best’ series, which identifies the cream of young British talent working in such diverse, traditional trades as farming, baking and carpentry. …
