Savile Row
Savile Row (debate / ˌsævɪl roʊ /) is one for the numerous resident men's custom tailor known shopping street in Mayfair , situated in London's City district City of Westminster . It runs parallel to Regent Street between Conduit Street in the north and Vigo Street in the south. Nearby are Burlington Place, Clifford Street and Burlington Gardens.
history
Savile Row was originally on the estate of Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, 4th Earl of Cork . The street was built between 1731 and 1735 and named after Lady Dorothy Savile, the earl's wife. The architecture and construction is attributed to Colen Campbell , Henry Flitcroft, Daniel Garrett and William Kent .
Originally it was mainly military officers who settled in the street, but the first men's tailors also moved into the buildings in Savile Row and the adjacent streets as early as 1740. The street gained notoriety beyond London through the style icon George Bryan Brummell , who frequented the shops on Savile Row and whose style was widely adopted.
Well-known residents of Savile Row were William Pitt the Younger , two-time British Prime Minister , and the politician Richard Brinsley Sheridan , who lived at number 17 until his death in 1816.
David Livingstone was laid out before his funeral at Westminster Abbey at No. 1 Savile Row, which was the headquarters of the Royal Geographical Society .
In the late 1960s, number 3 housed Apple Corps , the Beatles' company . There the Beatles played their last concert, the Rooftop Concert .
Significance in men's fashion
Savile Row is famous for the resident Haberdasher the upscale genres, mainly to Bespoke -Art taking measurements . A bespoke suit costs around £ 4,000 and takes several months to make. The term Bespoke has its origins in Savile Row and means that each piece of clothing is discussed individually and individually with each customer. The road is also known as the “golden mile of tailoring”. Customers of the resident companies include and include Prince Charles , Winston Churchill , Charlie Watts , Lord Nelson and Napoléon III. Ian Fleming bought his suits there and had his James Bond character fictitiously bespoke.
Well-known shops, some of which have roots dating back to the 17th century, include Huntsman (No. 11) and the shop named after Edwin Hardy Amies (No. 14). Other well-known shops on Savile Row include Gieves and Hawkes (No. 1) or Kilgour (No. 8). Anderson & Sheppard (Old Burlington Street) and Ede & Ravenscroft (Chancery Lane), founded in 1689 and also known as "Savile Row Tailors", have their shops in the surrounding streets .
In the literature
In the novel Journey around the Earth in 80 Days by Jules Verne , the protagonist Phileas Fogg lives in Savile Row, house number 7.
Web links
Coordinates: 51 ° 30 ′ 38.5 " N , 0 ° 8 ′ 25.1" W.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Savile Row in: Francesca Sterlacci Purvin, Joanne Arbuckle (Ed.): The A to Z of the Fashion Industry Scarecrow Press, 2009 ISBN 0-8108-7046-0