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: Welsh & Jefferies at 20 Savile Row.
Savile Row was well represented at this year’s The Mayfair Awards. Savile Row Bespoke Association (SRBA) member Richard Anderson took the Best Tailor award and the SRBA itself won the Outstanding Contribution to Mayfair Award. Pictured, top, are Richard Anderson and his much-respected business partner and co-founder Brian Lishak and, below, SRBA Chairman William Skinner and Director Su Thomas. The …
Congratulations from everyone at the Savile Row Bespoke Association (SRBA) go to our founding member Richard James, which is celebrating its twenty-fifth birthday and twenty-five years on our celebrated street. Co-founded by designer Richard James and his business partner Sean Dixon, Richard James opened its doors at the very small 37a Savile Row in late1992. The company has since made …
The cameras have returned to Savile Row. Following on from Somi Arian’s film The Bespoke Process, which she made for our own website, Finnish journalist, scriptwriter and audiovisual producer Markus Palmen has been filming at Savile Row Bespoke Association (SRBA) member Chittleborough & Morgan. Markus was tasked with finding a suitable subject to demonstrate intergenerational learning in London by EPALE, the …
Film producer and maker Somi Arian has completed the documentary she has been shooting for us on Savile Row and the wonderful end result can now be seen here, on the homepage of our website, and on our Vimeo channel. Twelve weeks in the making, the film is entitled The Bespoke Process and features many Savile Row Bespoke Association (SRBA) …
Something of the future of the best bespoke tailoring can currently be seen in the windows of numbers 34, 35 and 37 Savile Row, where the stunning work of this year’s Golden Shears competitors is being displayed. The Golden Shears was founded in 1984 and awards prizes to the most accomplished students on dedicated tailoring courses and the best apprenticed …
Summer on Savile Row has been enlivened by the presence of film producer Somi Arian, who is making a documentary on the craft and process of bespoke tailoring for this, our own Savile Row Bespoke Association website. Somi and her crew have been visiting each of our members to find out about their own house style of tailoring, what they …
The healthy future of bespoke Savile Row tailoring was underlined again at the Bespoke Tailors’ Benevolent Association summer party at the Merchant Taylors’ Hall on 30th June, where the 2017 Savile Row Bespoke Association (SRBA) diplomas were awarded. SRBA trainees demonstrate the skills they have learnt throughout their apprenticeships with SRBA member houses by presenting a final project submission which …
June 15th was judgement day for the current crop of Savile Row Bespoke Association (SRBA) apprentices, with their work being rigorously assessed by a panel of Master tailors from the SRBA member houses ahead of the awards ceremony at the Bespoke Tailors’ Benevolent Association’s summer party at the Merchant Taylors’ Hall on Friday 30th June. Training ensures the future of …
“On the 23rd May the Savile Row Bespoke Association (SRBA) held a well attended AGM in Dege & Skinner’s showroom at 10 Savile Row. “Amongst many issues covered, the Association reinforced its position to protect and promote the practices of bespoke tailoring on Savile Row. “A major talking point was the situation with rents. Many members are going through a …
A stunning selection of the work of the members of the Savile Row Bespoke Association (SRBA) can now be seen on the new The English Gentleman website, which was launched this week. Produced by SRBA member Anderson & Sheppard in association with The Woolmark Company, The English Gentleman comprised a series of four remarkable events that showcased the world-renowned craftsmanship …
Congratulations to Savile Row Bespoke Association (SRBA) member Welsh & Jefferies, which is celebrating its centenary year. Incorporated in 1907, Welsh & Jefferies began trading in Eton, just outside London, where it made the distinct frock coats and breeches and ceremonial gowns for the pupils and masters, respectively, of the town’s famous Eton College. In addition, the tailoring house also …
Savile Row Bespoke Association (SRBA) founding member and famous habitué of No. 1 Savile Row Gieves & Hawkes took the top prize at the Golden Shears Awards 2017 at the splendid Merchant Taylors’ Hall on 20th March with apprentice Riki Brockman (pictured with his winning entry, top, right) winning the Golden Shears Award. Founded in 1974 and promoted by the …
Savile Row Bespoke Association (SRBA) members Dege & Skinner and Henry Poole & Co are flying the flag for our world-famous street at the Chivas Alchemy evenings in India. The high-end fashion and luxury goods symposiums got under way in Delhi on 18th February and will continue at the Taj Lands End hotel in Mumbai on 25th March. Curated by …
Sheep on the Row (pictured), The English Gentleman, An Evening of Craftsmanship… You can now see more of the wonderful work of our members on the Savile Row Bespoke Association Vimeo channel.
