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SAVILE ROW AND AMERICA
A SARTORIAL SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP
A Savile Row Bespoke exhibition curated by Nick Foulkes
HUNTSMAN PRODUCTIONS
INTRODUCTION
Curator Nick Foulkes on why Savile Row, a special London street among many, is worthy of an exhibition in its honour.
At the end of January 2015, Pierre Lagrange, the Chairman of the Savile Row Bespoke Association, asked me if I would care to curate an exhibition of Savile Row clothing in Washington, D.C.
I was unsure as to whether it was wise to accept. However, such is my respect for the history, the craft skills and the culture of this world-famous London street that when Savile Row calls, I have a hard time saying no.
Savile Row is one of the unique things that makes Britain, a small, damp, post-imperial island off the northern coast of mainland Europe, truly great.
A SavileRow suit is a distinguished object, a stroke of sartorial shorthand for taste and refinement. More than the name of a single London street or even a neighbourhood, Savile Row is an internationally renowned brand-two words that mean the same thing in every language; two words with the power to summon up a world of craftsmanship and elegance.
So it was with a mixture of pride and (a rare quality for me) humility that 1 set to work producing a show that I called Savile Row and America: A Sartorial Special Relationship.
It was an exhibition dedicated to the men and women past, present and future without whom Savile Row would be just another street among many.
Contents
Savile Row into the Future
Introduction
Savile Row
Transantlantic Tailoring
Welcome by the Ambassador
Lutyens's Masterpiece
The Bespoke Experience
The Exhibition
Behind the Scenes
Room 1: The Military
Room 2: The Pattern
Room 3: Sir Winston Churchill
Room 4: Daywear
Room 5: Tartan
Room 6: Formal Wear
Room 7: Showbusiness
Gregory Peck and Huntsman
The Hunt for Buffalo Bill
Room 8: The Bentley Commission
The Houses & The Savile Row
Bespoke Association
The Bespoke Process
Sponsors
The Language of the Row
Nicholas Foulles is the author of around 20 books on subjects as diverse as James Bond, porcelain and the trenchcoat
He is best known for his critically acclaimed trilogy of 19th century histories: Scandalous Society, (a biography of Count d'Orsay Dancing Into Battle, A Social History of the Battle of Waterloo and Gentlemen and Blackguards, Gambling Mania and the plot to steal the Derby of 1844.
He contributes to a wide range of newspapers and magazines around the world.
He is a columnist for Country Life; a contributing editor to The FI's How To Spend It Magazine, a contributing editor to Vanity Fare; and luxury editor of British GQ.
He launched and continues to edit Vanity Fair's twice yearly watch magazine On Time.
He is co-founder and editor-in-chief of Finch's Quarterly Review.
In 2007 he was named Havana Man of the Year in the Cuban government, having been nominated for this award on four previous occasions.
In 2000 he was appointed to the board of the Norman Mailer Centre.
He is a graduate of Hertford College Oxford and lives in London with his wife and two sons