Savile Row back in the day: Bob Bigg Part 1
Bob Bigg has been a coatmaker all his life, on or around Savile Row. He started an apprenticeship at 16, and over 60 years later is still working, overseeing and training. He worked with many tailors in those years, including the famous Harry Helman...
Savile Row back in the day: Bob Bigg Part 1
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Interesting interview; had no idea Tiny Rowland owned Anderson & Sheppard. I think the Great Financial Crisis was the death knell for many small tailors who made just-okay quality products. Those who could pivot to h...
Velvet jacket from Timothy Everest
A few years ago I came across a double-breasted brown velvet jacket in a vintage shop in London. It was far too large and, at the same time, far too short. But I loved the contrast between deep-pile brown velvet and grosgrain lapels, both in colour a...
Velvet jacket from Timothy Everest
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The key question, if I may say so, is can a velvet jacket be worn with 'ordinary' black tie trousers at a ball? what do you think? such questions keep me awake at night......
My 50-year-old black tie
I had heard ‘stories’ about treasures found in second-hand shops before. The way it goes, one day the author is browsing through the racks while his girlfriend tries on shoes, and all of a sudden he discovers an Anderson & Sheppa...
My 50-year-old black tie
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The way it goes, one day the author is browsing through the racks while his girlfriend tries on shoes, and all of a sudden he discovers an Anderson & Sheppard suit in exactly the right size. It seemed a little unlike...
