Savile Row

Savile Row

3 Savile Row, 2007

Savile Row occupies a quiet corner of Mayfair in central London near Bond Street and is famous for its men's bespoke tailoring. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 1154 KB) Photo of Savile Row taken 17 July 2005 by w:User:Edward. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 1154 KB) Photo of Savile Row taken 17 July 2005 by w:User:Edward. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 1162 KB) Photo of Savile Row taken 17 July 2005 by w:User:Edward. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 1162 KB) Photo of Savile Row taken 17 July 2005 by w:User:Edward. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 400 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2592 × 3888 pixel, file size: 3. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 400 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2592 × 3888 pixel, file size: 3. ... Mayfair is an area in the City of Westminster London, named after the fortnight-long May Fair that took place there from 1686 until it was banned in that location in 1764. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Bespoke is a usually British English term for clothing made at a customers behest, and exactly to the customers specification. ... A tailor attending to a customer in Hong Kong. ...

Many of the greatest, most famous or most infamous men in history have patronised the many tailors that occupy this street; men such as Winston Churchill, Lord Nelson, Napoleon III, and suspected serial killer John Bodkin Adams.^[1] Many fashion designers have also sought inspiration for their menswear lines in Savile Row. These include Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein and Tom Ford^{[citation needed]}. Churchill redirects here. ... Lord Nelson Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (September 29, 1758 – October 21, 1805) was a British admiral who won fame as a leading naval commander. ... Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte (April 20, 1808 - January 9, 1873) was the son of King Louis Bonaparte and Queen Hortense de Beauharnais; both monarchs of the French puppet state, the Kingdom of Holland. ... John Bodkin Adams, (January 21, 1899–July 4, 1983) was a general practitioner in Eastbourne cleared of murdering one of his patients. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about the fashion designer. ...

The Row runs parallel to Regent Street between Conduit Street at the northern end and Vigo Street at the southern. Linking roads include Burlington Place, Clifford Street and Burlington Gardens. The Quadrant at the bottom of Regent Street. ...

Tailors

Tailors in Savile Row include:

• The Savile Row Company
• Darren Beaman (№12)
• Gieves & Hawkes (№1 Savile Row)
• Kilgour (№8)
• Jasper Littman (№9)
• Dege & Skinner (№10)
• H. Huntsman est. 1849 (№11)
• Ozwald Boateng (№12a)
• Richard Anderson (№13)
• Hardy Amies (№14)
• Henry Poole and Co. est. 1806 (№15)
• Norton & Sons est. 1821 (№16)
• Maurice Sedwell est. 1938 (№19)
• Welsh and Jefferies (№20)
• Richard James est. 1992 (№29)
• Davies and Son est. 1803 (№38)^{[verification needed]}
• James and James (№38)^{[verification needed]}
• Alexandre Of London (№39)^{[verification needed]}
• Comelie London (№12)
• William Westmancott (№12)

As premises in Savile Row are highly sought after, a number of companies lie just off Savile Row, including Anderson & Sheppard (formerly at №30) which moved to 32 Old Burlington Street in March 2005, The Savile Row Shirt Company and Ede and Ravenscroft est. 1689 (8 Burlington Gardens). Gieves & Hawkes is a well-known tailor based in Savile Row, London. ... Ozwald Boateng is a famous fashion designer. ... Sir Edwin Hardy Amies (17 July 1909—5 March 2003) was a British dressmaker. ... Henry Poole & Co is a gentlemans bespoke tailor located at 15 Savile Row in London. ... Norton & Sons is a London tailoring house founded in 1821 by Walter Grant Norton. ... Anderson & Sheppardhas been a leading Savile Row firm from its beginnings in 1906. ... Replica, made by Ede and Ravenscroft, of a uniform worn by Lord Nelson Ede and Ravenscroft are the oldest tailors in London, established in 1689. ...

Savile row lies exactly between two London Underground stations, Oxford Circus to the north and Piccadilly Circus east. The London Underground is an underground railway system - also known as a rapid transit system - that serves a large part of Greater London, United Kingdom and some neighbouring areas. ... Oxford Circus, on the right you can see the tube-sign. ... Categories: Piccadilly Line stations | Bakerloo Line stations | London Underground stubs ...

History

Savile Row was created with the development of the Burlington Estate in 1695 and, as with other area roads such as Cork St, the name has connections to Lord Burlington himself, in this case, that of Lady Dorothy Savile, his wife. A view of Burlington House in the 1690s, forming the centrepiece of the Burlington Estate. ...

Initially, The Row was occupied by military officers and their wives; William Pitt the Younger was an early resident. During the 1800s, the gentry became concerned with neat dress, and Beau Brummell, 1778–1840, epitomised the well-dressed man. He patronised the tailors congregated on the Burlington Estate, notably around Cork Street, and by 1803 some were occupying premises in Savile Row. In 1846, Henry Poole is credited as being the 'Founder of Savile Row' after opening a second entrance to his late father's tailoring premises at № 32 Savile Row, however there were tailors on the Row long before Poole's but sadly none of those originals survive to this day. William Pitt the Younger (28 May 1759 – 23 January 1806) was a British politician of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. ... // Invention of the Jacquard loom in 1801. ... Brummell, engraved from a miniature portrait. ... Cork Street is a street in the West End of London, England with a number of small commercial art galleries. ...

Irish-born playwright and MP, Richard Brinsley Sheridan lived at 17 Savile Row for a short time before his death in 1816. Richard Brinsley Sheridan Richard Brinsley Sheridan (October 30, 1751 – July 7, 1816) was an Irish playwright and Whig statesman. ...

In 1969, Nutters of Savile Row opened on Valentine's Day and unleashed the Tommy Nutter / Edward Sexton style on swinging London. Backed by Cilla Black and The Beatles' record company Apple's executive Peter Brown, Nutters of Savile Row dressed the entire social spectrum from the Duke of Bedford and Lord Montagu to Mick and Bianca Jagger and The Beatles. Nutters was the first shop on Savile Row to pioneer 'open windows' and wild displays executed by Simon Doonan. Nutters revolutionised the perception of Savile Row and paved the way for the arrival of other non-conventional inhabitants like Richard James and Ozwald Boateng in the 1990s. Tommy Nutter (1943, Wales - August 18, 1992) was a Savile Row tailor and fashion designer who designed Bianca Jaggers wedding suit. ... “Like Lennon and McCartney, Edward Sexton’s name is inextricably linked to the late Tommy Nutter. ... Henry Robin Ian Russell, 14th Duke of Bedford (January 21, 1940 - June 13, 2003), known before 2002 by the courtesy title Marquess of Tavistock, became better known to the public than most of his ancestors by appearing in a television series. ... Bianca Jagger at the Dropping Knowledge projects Table of Free Voices in Berlin, September 2006 Bianca Jagger (born Bianca Pérez Morena de Macías on May 2, 1950, in Managua, Nicaragua) is a social and human rights advocate. ...

Since 2005, the Savile Row Bespoke Association meets regularly to ensure the future of the tailoring craft in the centre of London. The association meets to address common industry problems, to encourage training and to organise events and other initiatives. Founded in 2004, the aim of the Savile Row Bespoke Association is to protect and to develop the art of bespoke tailoring as practised in the Row and the surrounding streets. ...

In February 2007, the Lord Mayor of Westminster held a reception in Savile Row to honour the trade and its future.

Further information on the Row, on the tailors and bespoke style, may be found at the online magazine http://www.savilerow-style.com, also covering other areas of excellence.

Other inhabitants

The offices of The Beatles's Apple Corps were at 3 Savile Row; The Beatles, Badfinger, Mary Hopkin and others recorded in the Apple Studios in the basement. The Beatles' final, live performance was on the roof, on 30 January 1969, that "Rooftop Concert" concludes the documentary film Let It Be. Three decades later, The Bootleg Beatles played atop the same building, on January 29, 1999.^[2] The White Album, see The Beatles (album). ... Apple Records logo, featuring a Granny Smith apple. ... Badfinger were a rock/pop band formed in Swansea, Wales in 1965, and one of the earliest representatives of the power pop genre. ... Mary Hopkin Mary Hopkin (born May 3, 1950) is a Welsh folk singer. ... Apple Studio was a recording studio of the late 1960s and early 1970s, founded by The Beatles. ... is the 30th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ... For the Taiwanese film whose foreign title translates to the same name, see 無米樂 Let It Be is a 1970 film about the Beatles rehearsing and recording songs for the album Let It Be in January 1969. ... The Bootleg Beatles is one of the best-known Beatles tribute band in the world. ... is the 29th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ...

The offices of the Building Societies Association were at 3 Savile Row until the BSA moved to Kingsway, near the Aldwych. Savile Row is in Mayfair, London's traditional art business district. The upper floors of its eighteenth-century houses are home to galleries, such as the Matthew Bown Gallery and Laurent Delaye Gallery, both at №11 Savile Row. Aldwych is a place and road in the City of Westminster in London. ... Mayfair is an area in the City of Westminster London, named after the fortnight-long May Fair that took place there from 1686 until it was banned in that location in 1764. ...

Japanese retailer Evisu is found on Savile Row, using the shop name "Sabiro" (Japanese for "suit" which etymologists believe may derive from "Savile Row"). Evisu or Evisu Genes is a Japanese clothing company that specializes in producing premium denim wear through traditional, labor-intensive methods. ...

American retailer Abercrombie & Fitch opened its first European location here in 2007, a flagship store. Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF), is an American lifestyle brand and company specializing in Casual Luxury apparel for collegiate individuals ages 18 through 22. ...

References in popular culture

• Savile Row is namechecked in the lyrics to "Choke", on Feeder's 2001 album Echo Park. The line reads "She likes Belgo, fashion heads, Savile Row. She likes the cheap sex, private jets, the Paris glow. Her mother left her when she was fifteen, out of the nest into the vacuum flow".
• №7 Savile Row was the London address of Phileas Fogg, protagonist of Jules Verne's classic adventure novel Around the World in 80 Days.
• The Row is mentioned in Annie in the song "You're Never Fully Dressed Without A Smile." The line is, "Who cares what they're wearing on Main Street or Savile Row?"
• The Row is also mentioned in the song "The Jet Set Junta" by The Monochrome Set, a satire of the Falklands War:

  Broom, broom, goes the armoured Cadillac through Montevideo

  Rat-a-tat goes the sub-machine gun to restore the status quo

  Snip, snip, go the tailor’s scissors on the suit in Savile Row

• The Japanese band GLAY has a song titled Savile Row ～サヴィル ロウ3番地～ (№3 Savile Row) about travelling to London. The title presumably was decided on because the writer, the band's leader Takuro, is well known to be a Beatles fanatic.
• In Japanese, one word for suit is "sebiro" (背広), purportedly a corruption of "Savile Row." [1]
• Savile Row is mentioned in The Kinks' song "End of the Season" as well as "Life on the Road."
• Savile Row is mentioned in Elton John's 2006 song "Tinderbox.""
• Saville Row appears in the Monopoly Here and Now edition, a mis-spelling of the correct name.
• The Row is mentioned in the British cult movie Withnail and I (1987) when Withnail criticizes his drug dealer, Danny, for having no taste after Danny has remarked on Withnail's 'old suit.' Withnail replies: "This suit was cut by Hawkes of Savile Row. Just because the only tailoring you've ever seen is above your fucking appendix doesn't mean anything." Withnail is referring to surgical stitching as 'tailoring.'
• The Row is mentioned in the television series The West Wing following the death of character Leo McGarry. Staff members share fond memories of Leo in the episode "Requiem," during which it is remarked that Leo's suits must have cost something equal to the national space budget. Charlie informs the group that Leo's suits all came from Savile Row. In a much earlier episode of the series, the Russian ambassador also remarks on the fine quality of Leo's wardrobe, and notes that he must be having all of his suits custom made.
• The Row is mentioned in the James Bond movie Dr. No. Ian Fleming patronised a number of tailors on the Row.
• The Row is mentioned in the episode 05x10 of the sitcom Frasier.
• The Row is referenced in the 2001 film The Tailor of Panama.
• The Row is the name of Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen's new high end clothing line. It's inspired by the famous street.

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References

External links

• Savile Row Bespoke Association official website
• Savile Row
• Map of the shops on The Row
• The Battle for Savile Row, Business Week