Continuing our Born This Day series, today we celebrate the birthday of Ioan Gruffudd, the Welsh actor best known for playing the role of Dr. Reed Richards, in the film [...]
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The Morning Suit
This is something I don’t get to cut on a regular basis - a classic morning suit. This is got to do with people dressing down at weddings to a certain degree, and the increased availability and quality of formal hire. Formal hire is a perfectly understandable option, still, you should always have bespoke if possible. [...]
Straight or Crooked?
Two rather strange tailoring terms are “straight” and “crooked” to describe a coat. I’ll try to clarify. For what it’s worth I generally cut a “straight” coat. Which is how an Anderson & Sheppard coat was always described. Obviously there are lots of details that give a suit a certain style that distinguishes it from [...]
Savile Row – How to Draft a Pattern
All Bespoke suits are cut from a hand-drafted pattern. Here are the main three main drafting methods used by the very top-end, Savile Row tailors: 1. Pattern Manipulation. This is the most common system used. A pre-existing basic block pattern (40, 42 Reg, 44 etc.) is used as a template, a starting point to create [...]
Suits – The Three Main Fittings
Recently, I was contacted by a potential customer informing me he wanted to meet for a fitting at Savile Row, next Tuesday. This was news to me as I had never met the man, let alone run a tape around him. There was nothing to fit! However he‘s not alone in his naivety. There’s a lot of [...]
Emily’s Fashion Trends – Spring/Summer 2013
I think we can officially start moving on from the layers and winter clothing, albeit we’re in May now we can really have a bit of a trend-binge to make up for the lost weeks of strolling into spring. Before we sprint faster than Usain Bolt into summer trends it isn’t an ideal climate to [...]
Looking After Your Suits
Recently I’ve had a lot of customers asking me about the best way to press and look after their suits. So I thought I’d let you know how I do things. In an ideal world you’ve got yourself a good week’s supply of bespoke clothing. I say this not to keep tailors like me in [...]
Suits – What if You Only Have £200?
Earlier this year, I wrote “If you can’t afford bespoke”, which covers the main hierarchies of tailoring: “ready to wear”, “made to measure”, “bespoke” etc. After receiving a lot of e-mails from English Cut readers, it’s pretty obvious that there’s plenty of people out there who would love to have a handmade suit from any of the [...]
Window Design Ideas
What hangs at the windows can make a huge difference to the look of a room – so which is best: curtains, blinds or shutters? It really rather depends on what effect and purpose you want to achieve. Is privacy the main concern, keeping prying eyes out? Or do you want to let the light [...]
Savile Row – Who’s Who
Anderson & Sheppard, My former employer; where I learned the cutter’s trade from the great Mr. Hallbery. Superb clothes, great traditions and very well priced. What still makes me smile to this day is their wonderful reluctance to change. They have no web site, and they only started taking credit cards in the mid-1990’s. What doesn’t help me [...]
Why English Cut?
One great thing about Savile Row is there’s usually plenty of work for all the tailors. Sure, it comes and goes, but the fact is, there aren’t that many proper bespoke tailors out there, and the market, once you’ve reached a certain level, is amazingly steady and robust. So when somebody buys a suit from [...]
Five Easy Ways to Revamp Your Home
There comes a point when most people want their home to have a completely new look, but it is not always the case that there is a lot of time or money to spend on achieving this objective. There are, however, a number of easy things that homeowners can do to give their home a [...]
How to Pick a Bespoke Tailor
These are the four points that are important to me when picking a bespoke tailor: Point 1 If you’re told it’s “bespoke”, make sure it is. Ask if he is the actual cutter. Will he cut you a personal pattern? Any company or individual should have a pile of individual patterns adorned with names of [...]
If You Can’t Afford Bespoke
I happen to believe that a bespoke suit is worth its high asking price, or else I wouldn’t bother selling them. They look better, they fit better, and they last years longer than their competition. It’s really that simple. Even so, £2000 is a lot of money, let’s not kid ourselves. Luckily for suit lovers [...]
What is Bespoke?
A lot of people use the terms “bespoke” and “made-to-measure” interchangeably. They are mistaken. ‘Bespoke’ is actually a term which dates from the 17th century, when tailors held the full lengths of cloth in their premises. When a customer chose a length of material, it was said to have “been spoken for”. Hence a tailor [...]
Who is Thomas Mahon?
Business Me:After more than twenty years experience of hand tailoring in Savile Row, I can offer my customers the traditions and expertise of the finest bespoke tailoring available today. At the moment I’m one of the youngest tailors on Savile Row, and am lucky to have enjoyed making for an interesting list of clients, celebs, [...]
The Nightie: India’s Go-To Outfit
Like it or not, what we wear defines us- what we do, how much we earn, what music we listen to, young, old, off to the shops or out for a night on the town. Even so called wardrobe staples come in a bemusing array and will inevitably be shunned by one group or other. [...]
Happy Birthday Alexander McQueen
On 17 March, City Connect pays tribute to the birth date of the late fashion designer Alexander McQueen, CBE who sadly committed suicide on 11 February 2010. Alexander McQueen was a British fashion designer and couturier best known for his in-depth knowledge of bespoke British tailoring, his tendency to juxtapose strength with fragility in his [...]
Oscars 2013: John Kahrs wears English Cut
I’ve never had the chance to go to the Oscars but our suits certainly have. However, this time it was rather special as a lovely client of ours was awarded an Oscar for the best animated short film at this years 85th Oscars in Hollywood. We’re extremely proud of Mr John Kahrs and delighted that [...]
Kinga Sektas Handmade Jewellery
From fabulous feathers to sexy gemstones her new tantalizing exclusive range of original creations boast a larger than life beautiful array of authentic pieces guaranteed to get you noticed everytime no matter where or who you are with! There is something to suit everyone’s style and budget in the comprehensive online stylish catalogue as well [...]
Importance of Online Bookings for the Yacht Charter
Greece is undoubtedly an country where you can really enjoy seeing many different monuments, locations, as well as many of its awesome beaches. It is in the summers that place becomes abundant in tourists as it provides to the tourists with its awesome beaches and other fun activities. Advantages Of Booking Your Kroatien Yacht Charter [...]
Trends for Autumn / Winter 2012
Dust off the hats, grab the gloves and mummify yourself with your scarf’s – here comes the cold! Now, I could state the obvious and simply say “wrap up” but we all know this! What’s under those layers needs to stir up this drab weather. Now ladies, when I say to drab up and point you in [...]
Win Tickets to Ideal Home Show Christmas 2012
City Connect has teamed up with simply.food – the blog written by our Food Writer Nayna Kanabar – to offer readers the chance to win a pair of tickets to the Ideal Home Show at Christmas 2012 taking place at London’s Earls Court on 14-18 November. The Prize Draw closes on 30 October so don’t [...]
Fashion Update: Autumn/Winter 2012
With fashion – it just gets better, what with Marc Jacobs rolling in with models on a Louis Vuitton train at Paris fashion week, it really sets what were in for this season! For women the shapes of the clothing seen on the catwalk this season are still between athletic and cute small curves, a [...]
Tips on Dressing to Look Younger
It seems that we all seem to want to appear youthful these days. Particularly, as when you approach certain milestones it is easy to lose your way and still dress like a student when you have a fully fledged career. And for some reason your style just hasn’t quite caught up. Generally there is a [...]
Hövding “Invisible” Helmet: No More Helmet Hair!
Is bike safety getting in the way of your personal style? Have you often preferred the prospect of a head injury instead of—god forbid—helmet hair? Then step aside, I’m going to show you something that will twist the chain on your fixie. Enter Hövding, the next revolution in bicycle safety wear that is—dare I say [...]
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Ask Tom – Serving Wine
Dear Tom
Can you give me tips on how to serve wine properly ?
There are a few of things you need think about when serving wine to get the most out [...]
Style
Hövding “Invisible” Helmet: No More Helmet Hair!
Is bike safety getting in the way of your personal style? Have you often preferred the prospect of a head injury instead of—god forbid—helmet hair? Then step aside, I’m going [...]
Relationships
Women’s Changing Roles in the Dating World
I remember asking my nan about dating and relationships and how she and my granddad got together. It was a completely different world back then. The men would pick up the women from their houses [...]
