SAVILE ROW

London’s famous Savile Row is international renowned for the concentration of famous tailoring houses located on the row and it’s neighbouring streets, arcades and alleyways.

AIREY & WHEELER

A&W / AIREY / AIREY’S

Legendary tropical weather tailor and a Savile Row institution, albeit located off-Row in Piccadilly, Airey & Wheeler was the first-choice tailor for distinguished gentlemen and military officers seeking lighter weight suits and tailored pieces for warmer climates, including the much-dismissed London summertime. Famous patrons of the House include a number of former Prime Ministers, Sir Winston Churchill and Sir John Major amongst them. The firm remained under the control of the founding Airey family until 1996 when it was acquired by and incorporated into the house of Anthony J. Hewitt, itself now under the watchful eye and stewardship of renowned master tailor, Ravi Tailor.

SINCE 1883 | ENGLISH / BRITISH | PREMIUM LUXURY HERITAGE BRAND | aj-hewitt.co.uk
LONDON

A.J. HEWITT

A. J. HEWITT

ANTHONY J. HEWITT / RAVI TAILOR

A very well regarded Savile Row tailoring house, Anthony J. Hewitt was established in 1976 by Anthony Hewitt who had previously plied his trade at Gieves & Hawkes and Anderson & Sheppard. He founded his eponymous studio having earned a reputation as an excellent cutter with a keen eye for the perfect silhouette. Many of his early customers migrated with him to his new home and were joined by a growing class of international businessmen, with many, notably, deployed to the Middle East or hailing from the region. In 1979, Hewitt hired a young cutter who hailed from a family with a great tailoring lineage tracing back to colonial India and, subsequently, to Zambia. That young man, Ravi Tailor, would later take the helm at the renowned institution upon the retirement of his mentor. The firm continues to produce bespoke pieces for their international clientele and has acquired the legendary safari and tropical tailoring house, Airey & Wheeler.

SINCE 1976 | ENGLISH / BRITISH | PREMIUM LUXURY HERITAGE BRAND | aj-hewitt.com
LONDON

BESPOKE | TAILORS

ALEXANDER MCQUEEN

Alexander McQueen is a British luxury fashion brand known for its avant-garde and often provocative designs. The brand was founded by the renowned British fashion designer and Savile Row trained tailor, Lee Alexander McQueen in 1992. McQueen quickly gained recognition in the fashion industry for his innovative and boundary-pushing creations.

SINCE 1992 | ENGLISH / BRITISH | PREMIUM LUXURY CONTEMPORARY BRAND | alexandermcqueen.com
LONDON

KERING | GROUPE ARTÉMIS

ALEXANDRA WOOD

In the world of Savile Row tailors, Alexandra Wood is a relatively new kid on the block, having been founded in 2010. Nonetheless, Alexandra Wood has been picking up accolades and celebrity customers that would be the envy of many old tailoring houses. Originally established in Bishop’s Stortford offering tailoring and hire services, tailoring services are now offered from a Savile Row (by appointment only) and a Shoreditch premises too. The firm also carries a range of suits and tailored pieces available for hire.

SINCE 2010 | ENGLISH / BRITISH | PREMIUM LUXURY CONTEMPORARY BRAND | alexandrawoodbespoke.co.uk
BISHOP’S STORTFORD

ALEXANDRE

ALEXANDRE OF ENGLAND | ALEXANDRE OF LONDON | ALEXANDRE OF SAVILE ROW

Founded in Leeds in the later part of the 19th century, Alexandre established itself as an affordable and accessible alternative to the traditional full-bespoke tailoring houses with whom the firm once rubbed shoulders with from a premises on London’s Savile Row. The brand’s reputation and appeal expanded in the post-war years following a blossoming trade with US servicemen and a commercial relationship with army exchange suppliers. The brand has seen many incarnations in recent years, with various owners seeking to trade on the name’s heritage and suits bearing the Alexandre London, Alexandre of England and Alexandre Savile Row labels with only the Alexandre London brand remaining today, owned and operated in the United Stats. The brand still manufactures suits at affordable price points and made from quality cloths, including the occasional Holland & Sherry, however they no longer do so by hand and to the same exacting finish as that which underpinned their surge in popularity in the 1950s.

SINCE 1895 | ENGLISH / BRITISH | HERITAGE BRAND | alexandrelondon.com
LEEDS | LONDON

ANDERSON & SHEPPARD

A&S

A bastion of British tailoring, Anderson & Sheppard has been one of Savile Row’s pre-eminent houses since it’s establishment in 1906. The firm has been the preferred tailor to many international celebrities throughout its history (names such as Fred Astaire, Charlie Chaplin, Gary Cooper, Noël Coward, Laurence Olivier, Cole Porter, and Rudolph Valentino), in part due to the more relaxed structure championed by Frederick Scholte and Per Anderson, the firm’s founder who trained under Scholte. This style marked the firm as maverick young Turks, a counter to the traditional, heavily structured military style that had long defined the Savile Row suit. Anderson & Sheppard and their contemporaries essentially revolutionised the English-style, with the English cut today being synonymous with the silhouetted and drape espoused by this cadre of tailors. The style would attract a young Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII and latterly, the Duke of Windsor), earning the firm the prestige and honour of being a tailor by appointment to the Court of St James. Many decades later, another Prince of Wales would commission his suits from the house before he too would become King, HM King Charles III. The firm would also become a benchmark reference for the high couture fashion industry, having influenced customers including Tom Ford. No longer on the Row but located off-Row on Burlington Street, today the firm continues the bespoke tradition whilst also supplying a range of ready-to-wear apparel from their nearby haberdashery.

SINCE 1906 | ENGLISH / BRITISH | PREMIUM LUXURY HERITAGE BRAND | anderson-sheppard.co.uk
LONDON

ANTHONY SINCLAIR

SINCE 1954 | ENGLISH / BRITISH | PREMIUM LUXURY HERITAGE BRAND | anthonysinclair.com
LONDON

BERNARD WEATHERILL

SINCE 1910 | ENGLISH / BRITISH | LUXURY HERITAGE BRAND | bernardweatherill.com
LONDON

BOSTRIDGE AND CURTIES AND WATSON

ENGLISH / BRITISH | PREMIUM LUXURY HERITAGE BRAND
LONDON

BESPOKE | TAILORS

DAVIES & SON

BYRNE & BURGE

SINCE 2007 | ENGLISH / BRITISH | PREMIUM LUXURY CONTEMPORARY BRAND | byrneandburge.co.uk
LONDON

CAD & THE DANDY

SINCE 2008 | ENGLISH / BRITISH | PREMIUM LUXURY CONTEMPORARY BRAND | cadandthedandy.co.uk
LONDON

CARR, SON & WOOR

SINCE 1923 | ENGLISH / BRITISH | PREMIUM LUXURY HERITAGE BRAND
LONDON

BESPOKE | TAILORS

DENMAN & GODDARD

CASTLE TAILORS

CYRIL CASTLE

SINCE 1940s | ENGLISH / BRITISH | PREMIUM LUXURY HERITAGE BRAND
LONDON

BESPOKE | TAILORS

CHESTER BARRIE

SINCE 1935 | ENGLISH / BRITISH | LUXURY HERITAGE BRAND | chesterbarrie.co.uk
LONDON

MADE-TO-MEASURE | TAILORS

CHITTLEBOROUGH & MORGAN

C&M

SINCE 1981 | ENGLISH / BRITISH | PREMIUM LUXURY CONTEMPORARY BRAND | chittleboroughandmorgan.co.uk
LONDON

BESPOKE | TAILORS

COMELIÉ

SINCE 2004 | ENGLISH / BRITISH | PREMIUM LUXURY CONTEMPORARY BRAND | comelie.co.uk
LONDON

ACCESSORIES | BESPOKE | MENSWEAR | SHIRTMAKERS | TAILORS

DAVIES & SON

SINCE 1803 | ENGLISH / BRITISH | PREMIUM LUXURY HERITAGE BRAND | daviesandson.com
LONDON

ACCESSORIES | BESPOKE | SHIRTMAKERS | TAILORS

DEGE & SKINNER

SINCE 1865 | ENGLISH / BRITISH | PREMIUM LUXURY HERITAGE BRAND | dege-skinner.co.uk
LONDON

DENMAN & GODDARD

SINCE 1853 | ENGLISH / BRITISH | PREMIUM LUXURY HERITAGE BRAND | denmangoddard.co.uk
LONDON

DONALDSON WILLIAMS & G. WARD

SINCE 1950 | ENGLISH / BRITISH | LUXURY HERITAGE BRAND
LONDON

BESPOKE | MILITARY TAILORS | NECKTIES | TAILORS

DORMEUIL

SINCE 1842 | FRENCH | PREMIUM LUXURY HERITAGE BRAND | dormeuil.com
PARIS

E. TAUTZ & SONS

E. TAUTZ / EDWARD TAUTZ & SONS

SINCE 1867 | ENGLISH / BRITISH | LUXURY HERITAGE BRAND | etautz.com
LONDON

NORTON & SONS

EDE & RAVENSCROFT

The oldest tailoring house in London, Ede & Ravenscroft has carved out a reputation as the leading specialist for academic robes, legal and clerical attire, livery wear and peerage robes. Founded over 300 years ago in 1689, the firm has been the go-to supplier for the judiciary, Oxbridge universities and the Crown since, with Royal Warrants awarded. The house maintains two branches, the primary location being on Chancery Lane and the secondary is in the West End’s Burlington Gardens, giving the firm the rightful claim of being a traditional Savile Row tailor to boot. Indeed, customers, many of whom share generational legacies with Ede’s, may commission any manner of tailored piece from the team of master tailors and cutters.

SINCE 1689 | ENGLISH / BRITISH | PREMIUM LUXURY HERITAGE BRAND | edeandravenscroft.com
LONDON

FALLAN & HARVEY

SINCE 1975 | ENGLISH / BRITISH | LUXURY BRAND | daviesandson.com
LONDON

ACCESSORIES | BESPOKE | SHIRTMAKERS | TAILORS

FREDERICK SCHOLTE

F. SCHOLTE

Frederick Scholte is often heralded as the originator of the Drape suit and the London Cut / English-style tailoring, the style that has come to define Savile Row. A Dutchman, Scholte emigrated to the United Kingdom in 1880 at the age of 15 or 16. He apprenticed as a tailor, working with the Household Cavalry where he cut military uniforms to the exacting standards of the officers of The Life Guards, The Royal Horse Guards and The Royal Dragoons which then comprised the Household Cavalry and today are better known as The Blues and Royals and The Life Guards. These regiments were historically associated with the nobility, with many of their officers being commissioned from the upper echelons of society. These officers would have deep pockets and high expectations. Scholte would have needed to produce pieces to meet these specifications, with many of the officers using their bespoke uniforms as a means of demonstrating wealth and status and informally competing with one another to be the best presented. Scholte quickly earned a reputation as an outstanding tailor, whose craft was sought out by various members of high society outside of the military. He established his own workshop in the late 1890s and took on a number of apprentices, including Per Anderson who would go on to found his own atelier, Anderson & Sheppard. Scholte’s eye for an exquisite suit, borrowing from the military silhouette but giving a more relaxed, elegant look earned him an envious client list, including the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII, becoming the Duke of Windsor on his abdication), an icon of men’s style. The studio ceased trading on Scholte’s death in the 1940s but the occasional vintage piece still attracts great interest and many are featured in museums and galleries.

SINCE 1890s | DUTCH / ENGLISH / BRITISH | PREMIUM LUXURY HERITAGE BRAND
LONDON

BESPOKE | TAILORS

GARY ANDERSON

GARY ANDERSON SAVILE ROW

SINCE 1998 | ENGLISH / BRITISH | PREMIUM LUXURY CONTEMPORARY BRAND | garyanderson.com
LONDON

GIEVES & HAWKES

G&H / GIEVES

Gieves & Hawkes is one of the grandest of the Savile Row tailoring houses, an institution dating back to 1771. The house is renowned as a military tailor of distinction and a bespoke tailor of choice to many of the world’s best-dressed men. The firm has a long legacy as a tailor by appointment to various members of the British Royal Family and other royals, with the warrants to boot. The brand was formed in 1974 when two established tailoring houses merged, Hawkes & Co and Gieve & Co (pronounced with hard ‘G’). Hawkes & Co was founded in 1771 and had carved out a reputation as a preferred tailor to the most senior British Army officers and members of the Royal Household. Gieve & Co was founded in 1887 when it took over an older studio for whom James Gieve had apprenticed, with a legacy of dressing the most senior officers of the Royal Navy. The military tradition of both houses would come to define the Gieves & Hawkes silhouette and, indeed, the English style of defined shoulders and narrow tapered bodies. Today, the firm continues to offer a bespoke tailoring service together with a wide range of ready-to-wear apparel making them a go-to outfitters for their distinguished clientele.

SINCE 1771 | ENGLISH / BRITISH | PREMIUM LUXURY HERITAGE BRAND | gievesandhawkes.com
LONDON

HARDY AMIES

SINCE 1945 | ENGLISH / BRITISH | PREMIUM LUXURY HERITAGE BRAND | hardyamies.com
LONDON

HENRY HERBERT

SINCE 2008 | ENGLISH / BRITISH
LONDON

TAILORS

HENRY POOLE & CO

SINCE 1806 | ENGLISH / BRITISH | PREMIUM LUXURY HERITAGE BRAND | henrypoole.com
LONDON

HIDALGO BROTHERS

SINCE 2007 | ENGLISH / BRITISH
LONDON

TAILORS

HUNTSMAN

H. HUNTSMAN & SONS

SINCE 1849 | ENGLISH / BRITISH | PREMIUM LUXURY HERITAGE BRAND | huntsmansavilerow.com
LONDON

KILGOUR

SINCE 1880 | ENGLISH / BRITISH | PREMIUM LUXURY HERITAGE BRAND | kilgour.com
LONDON

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