I get people contacting me most weeks, wishing to learn and become a bespoke tailor. Unfortunately I do not have the space or time to teach them. So until I do I would recommend that you look at one of the bigger firms i.e., Anderson...
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In a perfect world your tailor should be recommended to you. If you are not that lucky and would like to invest in a suit from Savile Row then please do NOT just go to a Savile Row tailor you have seen in a magazine...
Its a younger me. Sitting and working with a needle thimble and cotton. Back in the year 1990 (at A&S). I started off my apprenticeship learning to make coats. Working on the board, under the watchful eye of my boss Patrick Davey. I had...
1. First you would need to come to the shop, or abroad visit me in my hotel suite to choose your cloth. We have an endless amount of cloths for you to look through. You may need the suit for summer or winter or...
I have cut out my new suit today. First is the jacket chalked out on the cloth. Just before I cut through with my shears. Next all the trimmings . i.e the coat and collar canvas, the body and sleeve linings etc. Then two bundles...
Above is a length of cloth that I was very grateful to receive as a kind present from Mr Alberto Oioli, who works with the cloth company Loro Piana. I will have it made up into a double breasted jacket and trousers and thought that...
I would like to introduce myself to you. I am a practical tailor who learned the trade with the Savile Row tailors Anderson and Sheppard. I started there straight from school in the year 1990, the first four years as an apprentice coat maker, then...
Due to the redevelopment of Savile Row, I moved from 11 Old Burlington Street to 13 New Burlington Street, where I shared the premises with Denman and Goddard....