London's Most Prestigious Neighbourhood
Mayfair W1
24 establishments listed
Bespoke tailoring in Mayfair is concentrated on one short street, Savile Row, and the lanes around it: Clifford Street, Old Burlington Street, Sackville Street and St George Street. A bespoke suit is cut from a paper pattern drafted for one customer and made over several fittings, which is what separates it from made-to-measure, where a standard pattern is adjusted to your measurements.
The row runs north from Vigo Street, and many of its tailors are known by their number. Gieves & Hawkes is at No. 1, Dege & Skinner at No. 10 and Huntsman at No. 11. Number 13 houses several workrooms on different floors, among them Richard Anderson, Cad & The Dandy, Hidalgo Brothers and Banshee of Savile Row. Further up are Maurice Sedwell at No. 19, Ozwald Boateng at No. 30, Gary Anderson at Nos. 34 and 35, and Phillip Alexander Bespoke Tailors at No. 38.
Some of the best-known cutters work a street or two away. On Clifford Street are the Parisian house Cifonelli and Richard James Bespoke; Thom Sweeney is on Old Burlington Street, Meyer & Mortimer on Sackville Street and Denman and Goddard on St George Street. West of Bond Street, the Neapolitan tailor Rubinacci is on Mount Street, Udeshi Tailoring on Davies Street and Atelier Colpani on Avery Row.
Bespoke takes the longest, because the pattern is drafted from scratch and the garment is basted, tried on and recut before it is finished. Made-to-measure is quicker and starts from an existing block. For tailoring off the rail, Hackett has a shop on Regent Street, and Moss Bros on Oxford Street also hires formal wear.
Many Savile Row houses see customers by appointment, so call or book through the tailor's own website before visiting. Each listing on this page gives the tailor's address, phone number and website.
