INSIDE STORY
Pride
& Passion
In their own words: Savile Row tailors talk about their love for their trade and why they deserve to be protected
Pictures by David Ward clothing by hand, so that ' s a good starting point. But if Savile Row as an industry can defend the erosion of its territory, method and vocabulary in a legal capacity in the same way the word champagne is ringfenced to cease the theft of its name and produce, it might have the potential to see out another 200 years of excellence as a community of tailors, rather than a pursuit that is practised by the few who are left. One can only hope that, come tomorrow, Savile Row is left as a body full of flesh rather than a corpse that has been picked over and left for dead. Q
Lee Marsh
The individuals who abuse the title Savile Row tailor are a poor representation of a craft that has taken me years to refine. It’ s an insult to the trade as they haven’ t earned the right to use such an exclusive title that takes years to acquire. W
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