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Robin Dutt’s brilliant interview with fashion icon Pierre Cardin is the centrepiece of another splendid edition of Savile Row Style Magazine, which has just been published.

Also in this edition is all the news from the Row, including how Henry Poole helped with the making of the Darkest Hour, the Winston Churchill film tipped to win all the awards, how Maurice Sedwell’s Andrew Ramroop won a top British business honour and the inside story about the staff buyout at Davies & Son.

Tom Corby and Michael Parkinson remember that legend of Savile Row tailoring, Doug Hayward, while Cindy Lawford recalls five famous Savile Row tales.

Award-winning sports journalist Malcolm Folley looks at the glamour of the Monaco Grand Prix while Savile Row tailor David Ward recounts his cycle across America.

Read all this – and more – HERE

 

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Robin Dutt's brilliant interview with fashion icon

News, Sports

Proving that there’s no room for unkindness in the sartorial world, Huntsman are supporting ‘Be Cool Be Nice’, the anti-bullying movement by designing a pocket square featuring the BCBN teddy donning the house’s country tweed and a flat cap. Hand rolled in the UK this 100% silk pocket square provides the delicate finishing touch to any jacket while also supporting a fantastic cause.

 “Huntsman are pleased to support BCBN’s action against bullying,” said Huntsman’s chairman Pierre Lagrange. “Whether it is in enterprise, at home or at school, there is no room for bullying practices and negative energy. We are eager to encourage positive behaviour, and nothing beats that message coming from creative leaders and influencers who are listened to by young people.”

Advocating kindness, good manners, and civility, alongside encouraging positive interactions on social media, Be Cool Be Nice have also invited big fashion names such as Burberry, Lenny Kravitz, Marc Jacobs, and Alber Elbaz, to give the BCBN teddy their signature creative makeover.

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Proving that there’s no room for unkindness

News, Profiles

The widow of Lord Lucan died from a cocktail of drink and drugs after diagnosing herself with Parkinson’s disease, an inquest heard this week as Coroner Dr Fiona Wilcox recorded a verdict of suicide. Police discovered 80-year-old Lady Lucan’s body after forcing entry into her London home last September where she was found on the dining room floor with a pill bottle under her body. Here, Tyne O’Connell, in a piece published in the current edition of Savile Row Style, pays tribute to her friend.

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The widow of Lord Lucan died from a cocktail of drink and drugs after diagnosing herself with Parkinson’s disease, an inquest heard this week as Coroner Dr Fiona Wilcox recorded a verdict of suicide. Police discovered 80-year-old Lady Lucan’s body after forcing entry into her London home last September where she was found on the dining room floor with a pill bottle under her body. Here, Tyne O’Connell, in a piece published in the current edition of Savile Row Style, pays tribute to her friend.

Media and Music

The huge popularity of historical war films is set to continue early in 2018 with the release of World War II drama, the Darkest Hour. Once again, Winston Churchill is centre stage as we see Hitler close in on Britain during the early years of the conflict.

Historical accuracy is central to these period productions, no more so than in how the main characters are dressed, so it was no surprise that director Joe Wright and costume designer Jacqueline Durran turned to  Henry Poole & Co, the real-life tailor to Churchill, to make sure everything was correct.

“We at Henry Poole were honoured to be entrusted with creating suits for Gary Oldman and Ben Mendelsohn, who play Churchill and King George VI respectively,” said the firm’s MD, Simon Cundey. “Just as the former Prime Minister had regular fittings at Henry Poole & Co, we also fitted his on-stage character Gary Oldman on set during rehearsals.”

Oldman wears a dark grey flannelled chalk stripe suit and what might be described as a “lounge morning suit”, while Mendelsohn wears a double-breasted lounge suit in mid blue worsted and a royal Naval undress uniform as an Admiral of the Fleet. The cloths used are exclusively sourced in Britain with Oldman’s and Mendelsohn’s bespoke attire cut in the period correct manner.

Simon adds: “The Churchill Chalk Stripe flannel, which we made especially for Churchill in 1936, is still one of our House exclusive Hall of Fame fabrics and is still manufactured by Fox Brothers, as it was back then, exclusively for Henry Poole.”

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The huge popularity of historical war films