What is Savile Row tailoring?
Savile Row is actually a shopping area in London which became famous many years ago for its excellent tailors for men’s clothing. The tailors on this street specialized in "bespoke" tailoring, which is the art of crafting clothing to the individual customer’s specifications. Savile Row tailoring is a term that refers to the art and craft of creating custom men’s formal and business wear. It implies excellence and precision of skill.
Savile Row (commonly misspelled as ‘Saville Row’) is the home of high quality tailoring and it has been for over a hundred years. It has a reputation internationally as the benchmark for well-made suits. A bespoke suit ordered from Savile Row could cost £3,000, for just a basic 2-piece suit in an ordinary fabric. Savile Row has its own style of suit and it can be identified by these features: a soft (but straight) shoulder line, high front-buttoning position, a curved waist and a high and prominent sleeve crown. These are some of the hallmarks that make it the quintessential English suit. It is extremely difficult to become a Savile Row tailor, cutter or finisher and competition is fierce. The result is an extremely high standard of tailoring and an expectation of 15 years before experience is recognised.
