Posted: March 14th, 2010 | Author: Ted | Filed under: Clothing | 1 Comment »
savile row is responsible for many amazing sartorial inventions, some more useful than others. in 1924, military tailors gieves (now gieves & hawkes) patented the life-saving vest. it’s a waterproof fitted waistcoat, which is lined with a bladder. to inflate it, you blow into tubes concealed in the chest pocket. ten years too late for the passengers of the titanic, but this was the basis for the modern lifevest.
Posted: January 24th, 2010 | Author: Ted | Filed under: Clothing, Ladies | Comments Off
the tweed run congratulates kathryn sargent on her appointment as head cutter at gieves & hawkes. the position of head cutter at a savile row house is the highest appointment in tailoring, and a true honour. she becomes the first woman to be appointed to such a role in the history of savile row. well done, kathryn!
image courtesy gieves & hawkes
as a sidenote, female tailors used to be referred to as ‘kippers’ on the row, as they sought work in pairs to protect themselves from lecherous advances.
