Our sartorially celebrated street featured strongly at this year’s Golden Shears competition awards with apprentices from four Savile Row Bespoke Association (SRBA) member houses reaching the finals.

In addition to Joanna Spreadbury of Huntsman’s splendid first prize-winning women’s pleated blue two-piece suit, stunning work by Wendy Berberi of Henry Poole, Josh Bond of Huntsman, Jiwan Sandesh Limbu of Fedro Gaudenzi and Anastasia Inovemtceva of Richard James was also on show.

Wendy entered a women’s burgundy skirt and waistcoat and a cream overcoat with jewels (pictured, top), Josh entered a men’s tuxedo with daisy embroidery (pictured, second), Jiwan entered a men’s printed brown two-piece suit (pictured, third) and Anastasia entered a two-piece women’s suit with a contrasting cape and bucket hat (pictured, bottom).

Each ensemble was judged by a panel of technical experts (which included Joe Morgan of SRBA member Chittleborough & Morgan) before being shown on a catwalk for aesthetic appraisal by a jury of industry leaders, which included Head of Fashion at The Daily Telegraph, Lisa Armstrong, Creative Director Catherine Hayward and Dunhill’s Bespoke Tailoring Director, Will Adams.

Now in its 50^th year, Golden Shears is a bi-annual competition that is open to fashion students and apprentice tailors throughout the UK. It enjoys an international reputation for celebrating and showcasing the next generation of bespoke tailoring talent.

This year’s awards evening was hosted by Nick Hewer and Simon Cundey, the MD of SRBA member Henry Poole & Co, and was generously supported by The Pollen Estate, The Merchant Taylors’ Company, The Drapers’ Company and CAPITB Trust.