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The three main fittings…
Ideally your new tailor should be recommended to you . But if not, you’ve probably been persuaded by good PR in the magazines or perhaps discussions in an online forum. Alternatively, you may just be...
View ArticleWorsted’s & Super Numbers…
There are all kinds of cloth material out there- wool, cashmere, vicuna etc. But for the moment I just want to let you know about the most widely-used cloth in the business, the classic “Wool...
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Straight or Crooked…
(Mr Clinton in a very “straight” coat- lots of shirt visible.) (Mr Stewart wearing a “crooked” coat- not a lot of shirt visible.)Two rather strange tailoring terms are “straight” and “crooked” to...
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The Body Coat…
(The main parts of a body coat.)This is something we don’t get to cut on a regular basis – A classic morning suit. This is got to do with people dressing down at weddings to a certain degree, and the...
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Button Sewing Tip…
(All you need to sew on a button- needle, thread, thimble… and half a matchstick.)Even if you pay £4000 for a suit, the sad fact is that buttons do fall off, even the ones sewn on by hand by the best...
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What if you only have £300?
( A hankie, simply tucked in)After receiving a lot of e-mails from English Cut readers, it’s pretty obvious that there’s plenty of people out there who would love to have a handmade suit from any of...
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The Matching Myth…
[Pinstripe with un-matching stripe at the shoulder seam- classic Savile Row bespoke.]This has been the bain of bespoke tailors for generations: the little detail of matching pinstripes or...
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An English Cut suit at $700 / £415
Bespoke Savile Row tailoring is our business. We’ve been telling you the truth about this craft for ten years and now we want to offer the Savile Row experience to everyone.Our bespoke service is a...
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arriving autumn 2014…..
(The Connaught. Classic birdseye wool worsted from our new range)To everyone who’s signed up for more information on our new service. We’re delighted to let you know that you’ll be able you’ll...
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savile row, usa…smoking good…
(a young Paul checking the comfort of a special customers jacket)Well, well isn’t it about time I put electronic pen to paper. No doubt you all wondered with our new project I was far too busy to write...
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USA November 2014….
Well I’ve arrived safely after a very exciting couple of days in London. We launched our new service on Friday and Saturday and our new clients were very impressed with our new service.That was a very...
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Merry Christmas….
(savile row under a rare covering of snow)That time of year is here again, which comes round astonishingly quick. Not that I’m complaining as it’s a lovely time of year especially when you can spend...
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Japan’s savile row…..
yours truly, nearly a snowmanTailoring hand made Savile Row suits has taken me all over the world. It’s the nature of the business that something so special is thankfully in great demand.Obviously we...
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like a glove…..
Well, last Saturday I was delighted that we could get to really see the results of our new service. You can sample, test and give everything that you can but you never know until that moment when...
View ArticleEnglish Cut on Bloomberg…….
Spent this morning with the very professional and charming people at Bloomberg here in NYC.
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