Further congratulations from everyone at the Savile Row Bespoke Association (SRBA) go to this year’s successful apprentices, who received their SRBA Diplomas at the Bespoke Tailors’ Benevolent Association (BTBA) summer party at the Merchant Taylors’ Hall on Friday 5^th July.

Pictured, from left to right, at the party are SRBA Director Su Thomas, Katarzyna Zlotorzynska of Huntsman, Tara Louise Hansen of Kathryn Sargent, Keiichi Inakura of Gieves & Hawkes, SRBA Chairman William Skinner, Christian Greenwood and Iona Knight of Dege & Skinner, Abigail Robertson of Henry Poole & Co and Philip Parker, the Head Cutter of Henry Poole & Co. Su Thomas and Philip Parker both acted as assessors.

Eighty-two young people have now completed SRBA apprenticeships on Savile Row since the association was founded in 2004, which bodes very well for the future of bespoke tailoring on our unique street.