Jermyn Street is the backbone of the so-called “Golden Square Mile of Menswear”, stretching from St James’s Palace to the furthest reaches of Savile Row. It has been dedicated to … Read More
Foale & Tuffin
Mary Foale and Sally Tuffin set out to make “fun” clothes and helped, along with Mary Quant and a handful of London-based designers, to make the coolest clothes fun, giving … Read More
Jean Muir, Engineer in Cloth
Jean Muir has been called “the greatest dressmaker in the world”, fit to be compared with Vionnet, Chanel and Madame Grès. A 1975 survey found that the two most copied … Read More
Redfern and the Woman’s Suit
John Redfern is responsible for putting women into suits, and he was able to do so because he made the suit a thing of elegant beauty. Long before Coco Chanel … Read More
Bianca Mosca
The brief story of Bianca Mosca epitomises the symbiotic relationship that the UK has long had with its continental neighbours in the world of fashion. It’s a symbiotic relationship that … Read More
Lucile, the First International Couturier
At the turn of the 20th century, wealthy women loved to visit Maison Lucile in London mainly because the clothes and lingerie of Lucile (aka Lucy Duff Gordon) had unique … Read More
