The shining shears are back! It’s that time of year again and the Christmas lights are up on Savile Row, all the way from the corner of Clifford Street down to Burlington Gardens. The giant, symbolic golden shears can be seen cutting through a glittering pealight swathe of cloth, with their Savile Row Christmas message twinkling against the winter sky. …
From the eponymous grey flannel suit that Huntsman cut for Gregory Peck, to Richard James dressing Hugh Grant for Bridget Jones’s Diary and the ensembles Henry Poole continues to make for Jason Momoa of Game of Thrones fame, Savile Row enjoys a long and enduring relationship with Hollywood and the world of film. And now another chapter has been contributed …
Kathryn Sargent has relocated her flagship London atelier from Brook Street to a stunning Edwardian building at 21 Ryder Street in St James’, just the other side of Piccadilly from Savile Row. The move comes just six months after the unveiling of her impressive new atelier in Edinburgh. An Associate Member of the Savile Row Bespoke Association (SRBA) and a …
We are delighted to announce that Fedro Gaudenzi has joined the Savile Row Bespoke Association (SRBA) as an Associate Member. Based just a stone’s throw from Savile Row on Cork Street, Fedro Gaudenzi is a bespoke tailoring and couture house that creates bespoke garments for both men and women. With a wealth of experience working alongside leading fashion and couture …
The service for Angus Howard Cundey (7th July 1937 – 12th August 2024) will start at 12:40pm on Thursday 12th September at South West Middlesex Crematorium, Hounslow Road, Hanworth, Feltham, Middlesex, TW13 5JH. If you can’t attend but wish to show your respects, you can watch the service live by clicking on the link here. Username: mona7670 Password: 026235 Please …
The 2025 Golden Shears competition is now open for applications. Known as the Oscars of the tailoring world, the biennial competition is open to bespoke tailoring students and apprentices throughout the UK. The submitted work is judged by a panel of leading bespoke tailors and cutters which awards marks for technical skill and, ultimately, by a guest panel which considers …
Our deepest condolences go to the family, friends and everyone at Henry Poole on the passing of Angus H Cundey MBE, who was affectionately known as the Godfather of Savile Row. Mr Cundey was the sixth generation of his family to lead Henry Poole & Co, which became the first tailoring house on Savile Row when it opened its doors …
Congratulations from everyone at the Savile Row Bespoke Association (SRBA) go to Santino Di Nardo (pictured, top), who was awarded his Savile Row Bespoke diploma at this month’s British Tailors’ Benevolent Association summer party at the Merchant Taylors’ Hall. For the last six years Santino has been working to complete an apprenticeship in coat-making under the brilliant tutelage of Henry …
We are delighted to announce that The London Academy of Bespoke (LAB, as it is known within our community) is now the official training partner of the Savile Row Bespoke Association (SRBA) and has joined us as an associate member. The SRBA was founded in 2004 to both promote and protect the craft of Savile Row bespoke tailoring, and nothing …
The vagaries of the weather failed to dampen spirits as rain gave way to spring sunshine and thousands of visitors descended on our celebrated street for the third Concours on Savile Row. A host of Savile Row Bespoke Association (SRBA) members and our neighbours partnered with leading lights of the automotive world to demonstrate the exceptional level of craftsmanship that …
We are delighted to report that last night Westminster City Council granted consent for the redevelopment of the derelict West End Central police station at 27 Savile Row. The Savile Row Bespoke Association (SRBA) would like to sincerely thank everyone who has campaigned over the last two years in support of the redevelopment and, in particular, all those that attended …
The police station at 27 Savile Row is not, perhaps, a thing of beauty, but it has a certain bleak integrity in its Forties way. The Met left it in 2017, which I think was a pity, and now there’s a proposal coming before Westminster City Council next week for its replacement — though the planning committee have recommended they …
Savile Row’s tailoring community – represented by the Savile Row Bespoke Association and the street’s tailors – has rallied together in a show of unity ahead of Westminster City Council’s planning committee meeting on 14th May, when the redevelopment of the former West End Central police station at 27 Savile Row will be considered. The tailors of Savile Row – …
Savile Row Concours and the special collection of classic cars and automotive innovators that it brings to our street is fast approaching. This year’s event takes place on Wednesday May 22nd and Thursday May 23rd, from 10am to 8pm, and the following members of the Savile Row Bespoke Association (SRBA) and motoring world have got together to take part: Dege …
Savile Row Bespoke Association member Richard James Bespoke has returned to its Clifford Street premises, which have been impressively reimagined and redesigned as Richard James House. The Grade II listed Georgian townhouse at 19 Clifford Street (directly opposite Richard James’ other London store at 29 Savile Row) now boasts – over 2,500 sq ft and three floors – a sumptuous …
Taken this week to mark today’s International Women’s Day, the photograph featured here is testament to the significant part women play in every aspect of Savile Row bespoke tailoring. Women in senior and specialist tailoring positions at Savile Row Bespoke Association (SRBA) members currently include, to name just a few, Nina Penlington (Head Cutter at Edward Sexton), Sarah Wilkinson (military …
Savile Row’s drive towards an even more environmentally sustainable modus operandi continues apace. Savile Row Bespoke Association (SRBA) members Dege & Skinner, Gieves & Hawkes, Henry Poole & Co, Huntsman, Richard Anderson and associate member Kathryn Sargent (pictured, top) are all now participating in the Eco-Luxe project by donating their wool off-cuts for recycling. An initiative of former SRBA Director …
There are surely no names on Savile Row more evocative than that of Huntsman, which this year celebrates its 175th anniversary. That trademark, tricky-to-execute single-button coat, those confident checks, the long, seriously starry client list… Founded in 1849 as a breeches maker and sporting tailor (the house was awarded the first of its many royal warrants in 1886 as Leather …
A date for your diary… Concours on Savile Row will return to our famous street this year on Wednesday 22nd and Thursday 23rd May. Savile Row will be red-carpeted over and closed to traffic for the day, save for some forty classic and ground-breaking future-classic cars. This will be the third Concours on Savile Row and, again, entry will be …
