The Savile Row Suit: The Art of Bespoke Tailoring is the first book to document the complete hand-tailoring methods of several of Savile Row's finest sewing tailors, written by a co-owner of one of the street's most storied houses.
About This Book
Savile Row has dressed royals, rock stars, and heads of state for over two centuries, yet the workrooms where this craft lives have remained largely closed to outsiders. Patrick Grant, co-owner of Norton & Sons, changes that. He maps the full ecosystem that sustains bespoke tailoring — British weavers, cloth houses, trimmings merchants — and traces his own experience on this singular street. Most significantly, the book provides step-by-step instructions for hand-making a pair of trousers, a waistcoat, and a coat in the Savile Row manner, alongside a shirt in the tradition of Jermyn Street. For anyone serious about craft, construction, and the culture of bespoke clothing, this is the definitive account.
Key Features
- 176 pages of richly illustrated documentation of bespoke tailoring processes and Savile Row history
- Written by Patrick Grant, co-owner of Savile Row tailors Norton & Sons
- Step-by-step construction guides for trousers, waistcoat, coat, and Jermyn Street-style shirt
- Published by Gestalten, 2024
What You'll Discover
- The complete hand-tailoring methods of several of Savile Row's finest sewing tailors, documented here for the first time
- The broader supply chain — weavers, cloth houses, trimmings merchants — that makes Savile Row's craft possible
- A detailed, step-by-step manual for constructing a bespoke suit and shirt by hand in the Savile Row and Jermyn Street traditions
- An insider account of the culture, history, and painstaking processes behind one of London's most discreet and storied institutions
About the Author
Patrick Grant is the co-owner of Norton & Sons, a tailoring house on Savile Row in London's Mayfair. He writes from direct experience of the street's traditions, workrooms, and the wider ecosystem of British textile and garment craft.
Specifications
- Format: Hardcover
- Pages: 176
- Dimensions: 22 x 29 cm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9783967041255
- Publisher: Gestalten
- Publication Date: [Details available upon request]
Perfect For: Fashion designers and students, tailoring practitioners, textile historians, and anyone drawn to the intersection of material craft, British heritage, and the culture of bespoke clothing.