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March 1, 2016
Marketing Savile Row In The 1940s: From The British Pathe Archives
Maybe suit marketing has always been sorta bad. Un-narrated footage from newsreel service British Pathe shows tailors working on Savile…
December 3, 2015
Reminder: Gordon Parks Was Cooler Than You
You’re probably familiar with the work of Gordon Parks, whether it’s his photography (over a decade documenting America and Americans,…
August 10, 2015
Savile Row Exhibition Photos
Check out these wonderful photos on the Flickr account of the British embassy in Washington, DC, documenting their recent Savile…
August 6, 2015
Turning Western
In his book Civilization, Harvard professor Niall Ferguson has an interesting chapter on how Japan started adopting Western modes of…
July 27, 2015
Steed Dinner Suit
An absolute knockout dinner suit by Steed. Made from a midnight blue mohair fabric from Harrisons of Edinburgh and trimmed…
June 24, 2015
Tailored Stories: An Oral History Of Savile Row
We wrote about Tailored Stories a few months ago. A documentary project by fashion students from around London, it seeks…
May 14, 2015
Married With Children Goes To Savile Row
Throwback Thursday: A 1992 episode of Married With Children, where the Bundy family gets an all-expenses-paid trip to England. One…
March 15, 2015
A Tailor’s History Of Savile Row
Here’s something awesome. Fashion students from around London are working on a project to document the history of tailoring on…
March 7, 2015
Savile Row, 1957
My friend CrimsonSox found some wonderful images of H. Huntsman & Sons in 1957. Notice how all the tailors are…
January 15, 2015
From No. 1 Savile Row To Madison Ave
Savile Row tailor Gieves & Hawkes is planning to open a store in New York City this year. Drapers has…
October 23, 2014
Profit Margins Of Bespoke Tailors Vs. Fashion Brands
How much does a bespoke suit from Savile Row actually cost to make? Simon Crompton at Permanent Style finds out. …
September 4, 2014
For Aspiring Tailors
For anyone who wants to become a tailor, Jeffery Diduch recently wrote about a new online training program set up by…
June 30, 2014
Dead Men’s Patterns
Want to start your week with something morbid? Hormazd Narielwalla is an artist that makes collages from bespoke tailoring patterns…
June 24, 2013
Savile Row, 1939
This article from England’s defunct Picture Post magazine depicts the process of ordering and making a suit at Williams, Sullivan,…
April 30, 2013
Esquire UK: Dressing Michael Jackson
Esquire UK: Dressing Michael Jackson A cutter from Gieves & Hawkes describes making military clothing for Michael Jackson’s Bad tour.