The Savile Row Tailor

New Web-blog coming soon......

I am very excited to announce that this time next week I am hoping to launch my new look web-blog. My Web guy Andy, has made a great job merging my web site, which is twelve years old (and looks it), and my tailoring blog. My business and I have come a long way in the past twelve years, and I feel this new site reflects my current successful business, which is now the only soft tailoring business based in Savile Row on a daily basis.

With new photos and samples of my work, I explain the art of soft tailoring, Steven through the years, New York trip details and much, much more. I am very proud of the site and feel it will make it easier to navigate, be more pleasing to the eye and enable me to showcase more of my work.

With the help of my new web-blog I will keep you updated with any news about my bespoke tailoring business and the goings on in Savile Row.

Please let me know your thoughts on the new site. I really hope you like it as much as we all do here!

 

New York Trip - coming round again so quickly.....

My October 2011 New York trip happily for me looks set to be another very busy one. I have lots of new and old clients making appointments to see me. If you wish to join them, please contact me beforehand by e-mail, so I can pencil you in my appointment book.

I am also pleased to say that my girlfriend Celia will be helping me on this trip and will be bringing out her new range of cashmere and silk scarves.

We both look forward to meeting with everyone, and to visiting this great city again!

See you all in a couple of weeks.

Steven & Celia.

Never Forgotten

As everyone is aware, it is the 10 year anniversary of 9/11. I had actually booked my first ever New York trip for October 2001 and it of course had to be postponed until the following year. I have been privileged to see how the City and its inhabitants have dealt with such adversity. I now count many of my American clients as friends, and my thoughts are with all those that were affected by this awful moment in history.

Lumb's Huddersfield Golden Bale.......

The wait is over! Henry Lesser & Sons have just brought out a new range of Golden Bale cloth. This luxury cloth is the original super 100's. It comes in 7 and a half - 8 oz 11 oz and 13oz's. Below are just a few patterns I will bring the full range out with me to New York in a few weeks.

 

  

 





  

Smiths Blue Ribbon cloth.............

Below is a suit jacket that I am making for a new client of mine, he wished for his peak lapels to be cut very high and for the one button front of his jacket to be cut away, he also likes a cleaner and neater looking chest, but to still have my soft shoulder and high arm holes that I specialize in. 

Burton on the Button..............

Aha!! This was a very famous advert for Burton menswear shops.  I recently spent a few days in Wales and in Abergavenny I saw a Burtons store.  On the side was this magnificent old sign :-

I, like many others did not realise how important this firm was to Great Britain. When I returned home I carried out some research and discovered that the firm was started by a Lithuanian named Moshe Osinsky who came to England in 1900. In 1903 he started selling ready made suits from a wholesaler. When he got married he changed the name of the company to Burton and Burton. He then changed his name to Montague Maurice Burton and between 1913 and 1929 he increased his company from 5 tailoring shops to 400 shops, mills and factories. It is interesting to note that he made one quarter of all the uniforms for the British Army in World War ll and one third of all the demobilisation clothing. I can only imagine how busy his factories must have been and although I like to think that I am very busy, I am sure that Montague Burton could have told me what 'Busy' really meant. 

Vests & fancy linings............

 

 
 
Here's a vest part of a lounge suit that I made using the Harrison Premier Cru cloth and lined with one of my exclusive liberty linings. The single breasted vest has 4 welts and is cut with a shawl collar, which I believe looks great!
 

October Dates for New York just Confirmed

 

 

My October New York dates are as follows :- 
 
Sunday 2nd October through Wednesday 2pm 5th October 2011  

Whilst in the U.S.A:

It is always best to call me on my cell phone + (1) 646 241 9039.

I travel to New York to offer my clients who live there the very best of service.

I will be staying in New York at  The Benjamin Hotel,

corner of East 50th Street and Lexington Avenue.

I would be delighted to meet up with you to discuss future commissions.

If you would like to make an appointment, or just wished to be placed on my mailing list so I can inform you of my next trip please contact me.

A number of clients have already made appointments so if you have a specific time and date in mind could you please let me know as soon as possible. I am anticipating a very busy few days.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Steven  

Steven Hitchcock Savile Row Bespoke........

  
 
This is a light weight wool suit jacket that I cut, and Tony my head tailor hand-made, from a piece of Henry Lesser cloth. This coat has been cut with shape in the waist and then close over the hips. Always with my soft shoulder line, and fronts, for comfort & style.
 

Buggy, half lined Jackets..............

I also make some buggy or half lined jackets for the summer weather. Here's one that I have finished this week for a client who is lucky enough to live in Florida where I am sure that it is hotter than in London, but so saying I have my doubts as to whether it can be as hot as The London Underground during August. This jacket would be perfect for a summers day in England and at the same time is very stylish.The cloth is a breathable fresco. You can see from the pictures that I make the back of the coat fit as good as the front without losing any comfort. I also like a full sleeve for moment. You can click on the photo below to enlarge.