With best wishes for a very happy Christmas and holiday season and a very good New Year from everyone at the Savile Row Bespoke Association. Pictured: Gieves & Hawkes at 1 Savile Row.
The popular assertion that a bespoke Savile Row suit is an investment piece took on a new meaning in New York last month at Bonhams’ film memorabilia auction Lights, Camera, Action. Amongst the thousands of lots at the sale was a safari suit made by Savile Row Bespoke Association (SRBA) member Dege & Skinner (pictured) that was worn by the …
Congratulations from everyone at the Savile Row Bespoke Association (SRBA) go to Brian Lishak, who is celebrating sixty years at work on our celebrated street. Brian started out on Savile Row as a junior sales assistant at Row stalwart and SRBA founding member H Huntsman & Sons before progressing to shirt cutting and, finally, the position of Managing Director. And …
Dugdale Bros & Co celebrated its 120th anniversary on 12th September with a history-honouring dinner at its imposing Victorian headquarters on Northumberland Street in the centre of Huddersfield. Still family owned, Savile Row Bespoke Association associate member Dugdale Bros is the last luxury cloth merchant to remain in the centre of Huddersfield, which is the home of Britain’s fine worsted …
Dominic Dormeuil’s stunning In Search of the World’s Finest Wools is now available from Dormeuil in English and Amazon in French. Illustrated throughout with beautiful photography by Jean-Baptiste Rabouan, the books serves as both an indispensable guide to the finest wool available throughout the world and a paean to the remarkable commodity without which any tailor’s job would be all …
Both the guests and participants enjoyed a rare and fascinating insight into the world of real artistry at the Evening of Craftsmanship on September 15th. The invitation only black-tie event was co-hosted by the Savile Row Bespoke Association (SRBA) and its partners Pernod Ricard. Proceedings got under way on Savile Row (top picture) where participating SRBA members Dege & Skinner, …
Our deepest condolences go to the family and friends of Gareth Crowe, who sadly passed away last week. Gareth was a textile agent par excellence and a much-loved presence on Savile Row. His career in the tailoring trade started 55 years ago at the age of 16 in a tailor’s shop in Cork Street where his duties were trimming, undercutting …
Congratulations to the trainees who received their Savile Row Bespoke Association (SRBA) 2016 Diplomas at the Bespoke Tailors’ Benevolent Association summer party at the historic Merchant Taylors’ Hall on Friday 8th July. The standards set in Savile Row are exceptionally high and this diploma guarantees the recipient an unbeatable start to a future career in bespoke tailoring. All trainees have …
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 tremendous demand for bespoke British tailoring was underlined this week by the launch of The Bespoke Apprentice website at the Masons Arms, one of the Savile Row community’s favourite local hostelries. An initiative which is generously supported by CAPITB Trust, the website serves as the definitive resource for anyone wishing to learn the art of bespoke tailoring at the …
Five members of the Savile Row Bespoke Association (SRBA) will be flying the flag for our famous street at the second annual London Craft Week, which starts today. SRBA members Dege & Skinner and Huntsman and associate member Kathryn Sargent are taking part in How to Buy: The Bespoke Suit on Savile Row, in which Andy Barnham and Rupert Watkins …
Our congratulations go to Kathryn Sargent, who has become the first female tailor to open a bespoke tailoring house on Savile Row. The Associate Member of the Savile Row Bespoke Association (SRBA) opened for business at number 37 Savile Row on Wednesday, becoming the first female name ‘above the door’ in the 213-year history of tailoring on our famous street. …
The Savile Row Bespoke Association (SRBA) is delighted to be able to confirm further details of the apprenticeship initiative it has developed in association with tailoring companies throughout the UK. The new Bespoke Tailoring and Cutting Level 5 Diploma forms a part of the Government ratified Trailblazer training scheme and will commence at colleges throughout the UK at the start …
Today’s Daily Mail takes a look at the work of the Savile Row Bespoke Association and our flourishing apprentice scheme, not least the new Bespoke Tailoring and Cutting Level 5 Diploma, which is a part of the Government’s Trailblazer Initiative. It is thanks to such enterprises as this that our famous street is in such rude health, with thirty full-time …
We are delighted to announce that William Skinner has been appointed the new Chairman of the Savile Row Bespoke Association. William is the Managing Director of 151-year old SRBA founding member and Savile Row stalwart Dege & Skinner and brings both a wealth of experience and an insightful vision of the future to the role. Says William: “Savile Row continues …
