Author: LWDadmin

........And one of the best things we do is a Royal Wedding.  It is great to see all the Union Flags flying above Regent Street in Central London.  I hope that this event brings in revenue for the Country and is a showcase for the...

19 April, 2011 /

I have been making a lot of double breasted jackets lately and it looks like they are coming back in to fashion, not that I am a slave to fashion trends. I just concentrate on my soft tailoring style and the craft of the finest hand made tailoring,...

05 April, 2011 /

I appreciate that this is quite a dry subject, or in the case of the finishing process, quite wet, but I will do my best to make it as interesting as possible.  If you manage to get to the end you will find out the...

22 March, 2011 /

................Which in turn is made into a great cloth.  I just though I would share my mill experience with you.  A while ago I was invited to the Scabal mill in Huddersfield and was treated to a conducted tour and an explanation of all the...

15 March, 2011 /

Would you like something very special for your jacket lining.  If you would, I have just the thing for you.  I have been very fortunate to be allowed access to the Spring/Summer Liberty 100% Silk Collection, but I need to make a decision on what to order...

01 March, 2011 /

Here's an overcoat I finished last week you can see this style is a single breasted 4 button front througth (not fly), stand and fall collar over sized flaps slanted at the top but straight at the bottom. On the back we have a box pleat, loose half belt and...

18 February, 2011 /

.........at the MTBA last Thursday. It was a sell out at this yearly charity event, and it was like the 'whose who' of the tailoring trade. This years guest speaker was Sir Tim Rice and his tales had the tailors rocking in the isles!!  The appeals chairman was my...

14 February, 2011 /

 …..And today feels like I am going back to my earlier years.  I have a new client whom I met in New York last month.  He phoned me yesterday to tell me that he is unexpectedly in London on Wednesday and wondered how his order was...

08 February, 2011 /