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Marketing Savile Row in the 1940s: from the British Pathe Archives

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…

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Reminder: Gordon Parks Was Cooler Than You

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,…

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Savile Row Exhibition Photos

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…

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Turning Western

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…

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Steed Dinner Suit

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…

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Tailored Stories: An Oral History of Savile Row

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…

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Married With Children Goes to Savile Row

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…

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A Tailor’s History of Savile Row

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…

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Savile Row, 1957

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…

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From No. 1 Savile Row to Madison Ave

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…

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Profit Margins of Bespoke Tailors vs. Fashion Brands

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. …

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For Aspiring Tailors

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…

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Dead Men’s Patterns

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…

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Savile Row, 1939

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,…

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Esquire UK: Dressing Michael Jackson

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.

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