"The Savile Row Story an Illustrated History" 1988 Walker, Richard

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WALKER, Richard

[192] pp.

Prion

1988

10 3/4" x 8"

A definitive history of Britain's "tailors' district" and of the … Read more WALKER, Richard

[192] pp.

Prion

1988

10 3/4" x 8"

A definitive history of Britain's "tailors' district" and of the social changes that it has affected over the years.

Published in 1988, it is extraordinary that Richard Walker’s in-depth biography of The Row has not been bettered, nor even come close to. From its earliest beginnings under the radical construction of Mayfair during the 18th century under the aegis of the Burlington Estate, soon establishing itself as the world centre of bespoke tailoring. Walker’s book introduces all the Savile Row legends, from Bernard Weatherill (who penned the foreword), through Henry Poole, Kilgour French & Stanbury and right up to the heady days of Tommy Nutter in the 1970s. See less