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Apprentices breathe new life into historic Savile Row

Beneath the old-world exterior of a tailor's on London's famed Savile Row, the workshop where the magic happens is more youthful than ever as aspiring coatmakers vie for competitive apprenticeships. The sartorial street known for dressing the world's elite, from royalty to spies, is celebrating its trainees at a showcase coinciding with London...

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The Deck London rebrands as Knatchbull

The Deck London, Savile Row's first and only women’s tailor, has been renamed ‘Knatchbull,’ the surname of founder Daisy Knatchbull. In a statement, the brand said the new name is a celebration of its “phenomenal growth, dynamic evolution and unwavering mission to empower women through bespoke tailoring,” and will help usher in a new era for the...

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Hong Kong cheongsam master in the mood to retire after 75 years

Hong Kong - Bent over a magenta chiffon fabric, an elderly Hong Kong tailor wearing thick glasses meticulously stitched on embroidered butterflies, working to transform the shimmering material into an elegant, high-collared Chinese dress known as a cheongsam. At 88, Yan Kar-man is one of Hong Kong's oldest master tailors of the cheongsam --...

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Holocaust survivor and presidents' tailor Martin Greenfield dies: media

New York - Martin Greenfield, a Holocaust survivor whose custom-suit empire counted US presidents and celebrities among its clientele, died on Wednesday aged 95, according to the New York Times. Widely considered one of the best tailors in the United States, Greenfield believed clothing had saved his life. Born Maximilian Grunfeld to a Jewish...

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Richard James opens new London flagship store

Luxury menswear label Richard James, known as the rebel of Savile Row worn by Liam Gallagher and Elton John, has unveiled its new bespoke 2-million-pound London flagship store. The new 2,500 square foot ‘House of Richard James’ is located on Clifford Street, directly opposite the brand’s Savile Row store, and is a three-story “temple” offering...

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Mango launches elevated menswear collaboration with Boglioli

Spanish fashion retailer Mango has unveiled an elevated menswear capsule collection with heritage Italian tailoring company Boglioli. The first edition of the ‘Mango designed by Boglioli’ collaboration reinterprets the Italian brand’s timeless men’s tailored jacket to create eight new “comfortable and lightweight” styles in a colour palette of...

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Stine Goya to offer in-store tailoring and repairs via Sojo partnership

Danish womenswear brand Stine Goya has made its latest move towards integrating circular initiatives via a new partnership with fashion-tech platform Sojo. Together, the duo have launched a full service in-store tailoring and repairs solution available at Stine Goya’s Beak Street store in London. Through the partnership, the two companies said...

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Women’s tailor The Deck moves to larger store on Savile Row

Female-led women’s tailoring brand The Deck has relocated to one of the largest shopfronts on the esteemed Savile Row in London. The Deck, founded by Daisy Knatchbull, has relocated from 19 to 32 Savile Row, securing 2,000 square feet of space to offer an “enhanced in-store experience for full custom women’s tailoring”. The made-to-measure...

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Luxury labels to watch: 5 Menswear brands redefining tailoring

Tailoring has long had a profound place in menswear, with a history that stretches back over centuries. While the term still refers to the making or adapting of a suit, modernisation and the evolution of fashion has meant tailoring is beginning to take on an adapted form of its own. Designers have taken the craft and revitalised it for a new...

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Peerless Clothing takes on design and distribution of Hickey Freeman tailoring

Authentic Brands Group (ABG) has announced a new partnership with Peerless Clothing that will see the firm take on the design, manufacturing and distribution of Hickey Freeman tailored clothing in the US, Canada and Mexico. Through the long-term agreement, ABG said it would support Peerless’ goal to reinforce the brand’s “elevated position” in...

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Hong Kong tailors take to livestream in pandemic survival fight

Assistants wielding multiple livestreaming mobile phones are now as crucial to Roshan Melwani's tailor shop as the measuring tapes, needles and fabrics that have made his Hong Kong family business so famous. The Melwani family has dressed everyone from American presidents to aristocrats and celebrities over the decades. But the pandemic nearly...

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Skopes launches suit collections made with recycled plastic bottles

British tailoring brand Skopes has launched its first sustainably-sourced suit collection made using plastic bottles. The suits, in the Leeds-based brand’s Morelli, Pepe and Gambino ranges, are each made using at least 45 recycled plastic bottles. Skopes linked up with UK-based sustainable clothing manufacturer Lyfcycle to develop the new...