See full version: 5 Best Tailors of Savile Row, The World s Most Famous Suiting Street
London still swings in the exuberant suits of Chittleborough & Morgan, founded in 1981. Cofounders Roy Chittleborough and Joseph Morgan previously worked in the bygone tailoring house Nutters of Savile Row in the 1960s and '70s, when it revolutionized British sensibility with broad lapels, high-waisted trousers, and eccentric designs. Chittleborough & Morgan is for men who aspire to dress like John Lennon rather than Beau Brummell. [links]
Savile Row may be just under a quarter mile long, but its history is varied and its options are many. Here, its five essential tailors: more
The youngest tailor on Savile Row, Cad & The Dandy, generally offers its most attainable prices. In fact, a fully handmade suit starts at just over $1,300. Founded in 2008 by two laid-off London bankers, Cad & The Dandy is celebrated for the quality of its fabrics, its vast customization options, and an utter lack of pretense. It may be a controversial choice among tailoring purists, but its business is now the largest on Savile Row.
The "founder of Savile Row" and the originator of the modern dinner jacket, Henry Poole still hews closely to tradition. Ready-to-wear and made-to-measure suiting is verboten in this strictly bespoke tailoring house. A modest storefront belies an impressive selection of over 6,000 fine fabrics and a small army of around 30 of the world's best tailors toiling away in the basement. They sew a sense of history into every seam.
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The immediacy of a ready-to-wear lounge coat may seem more appealing (and less intimidating), but men of taste continue to make the pilgrimage to the Row, and with good reason: The result is an impeccably bespoke suit that flatters a man's build at every inch and instills in him a unique sense of confidence and stature. more
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One unique feature with our full canvas grade clothing is the canvas itself. Our canvas is hand padded and not machine stitched as is common with many other tailors. Over 1,300 herringbone basting hand stitches can be found inside the custom suits lapel along, another 600 in the collar, all sewn by a single Master Tailor. Our basted lapel is created by attaching the canvas to the lapels with a degree of tension so that the lapel rolls gently towards the break point. Our master tailors adjust the tension of every stitch accordingly, allowing the jacket to retain its shape for decades while being flexible to move and shift with the body.
Although pretty much every man has worn a suit in his life, not every man has worn real tailoring. Unlike mass-produced two-pieces (which do the job for certain budgets and requirements) a bespoke or made-to-measure example crafted by a tailor is practically a piece of art for your body, with highly skilled hands – often several generations deep – painstakingly measuring, cutting and sewing fabric into form-fitting body armour. Just as not all suits are created equal, neither are all tailors; leading to this list of very best in the world, from homegrown talent on the hallowed Savile Row to skilled stitchers much further afield.