william wolfe’s guide to excellent living in london
The best tailors and outfitters in London
14 of the tailor and outfitters Mr Wolfe recommends in the Guide to Excellent Living in London, each reviewed at length, with an address and a fair warning where one is due.
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32 Old Burlington Street, W1S 3ATAnderson & SheppardAs luck and The alphabet would have it, my run-down of establishments conducive to good living in London kicks off with this top-notch and…B
9 Piccadilly Arcade, SW1Y 6NHBenson & CleggAsk an aficionado of menswear to rank the bespoke tailors of London in ascending order of size from smallest to largest and Benson & Clegg…O
75 Lower Sloane Street, SW1W 8DAOliver BrownOliver Brown’s clients are a self-selecting bunch, steadfast in their resistance to the insidious trend for fast fashion. Unapologetically…B
11 St George Street, W1S 2FDByrne & BurgeThe youngest firm of tailors in this book, Byrne & Burge takes the finest traditions of Savile Row and filters them through an ethos…C
69 Moorgate, EC2R 6BHCopperfieldTo dislodge me from my west/south-west London groove, something has to be good – really good. Copperfield is one of those rare incentives.…H
11 Savile Row, W1S 3PSHuntsmanThe motto of this, the most consistently forward-thinking tailor on Savile Row, is apt: ‘Contemporary since 1849’. Steeped in tradition…M
Sackville House, 40 Piccadilly, W1J 0DRMeyer & MortimerSooner or later, every English gent pledges allegiance to a particular tailor. He may not confine himself exclusively to its services. It’s…N
16 Savile Row, W1S 3PLNorton & SonsWith A heritage as long, if not longer, than many of its neighbours, Norton & Sons is, by my reckoning, the least atavistic tailor on…H
15 Savile Row, W1S 3PJHenry Poole & Co.Between them, The storied tailors of Savile Row have dressed virtually every gentleman of wealth, power and distinction of the last two…B
3 Piccadilly Arcade, SW1Y 6NHBuddInherently patrician, Budd has had a presence in the Piccadilly Arcade since 1910. Wars, recessions and sartorial revolutions have come and…C
19 Piccadilly, W1J 0LACordingsCordings claims to celebrate ‘understated British style’. Far be it from me to dispute the second half of that mission statement. There’s…D
9 Savile Row, W1S 3PFDrake’sSimultaneously at one with and divergent from the tropes of classic British menswear, Drake’s is a light, bright and resolutely…N
53 Jermyn Street, SW1Y 6LXNew & LingwoodAs jermyn Street outfitters go, New & Lingwood is the wild card in an otherwise well-ordered pack, the wolf in a fold of calm and…T
71-72 Jermyn Street, SW1Y 6PFTurnbull & AsserDating from 1903, Turnbull & Asser’s flagship store is a temple of High Edwardiana: burnished brass, mellow woodwork and Art Nouveau…
32 Old Burlington Street, W1S 3ATAnderson & SheppardAs luck and The alphabet would have it, my run-down of establishments conducive to good living in London kicks off with this top-notch and…B
9 Piccadilly Arcade, SW1Y 6NHBenson & CleggAsk an aficionado of menswear to rank the bespoke tailors of London in ascending order of size from smallest to largest and Benson & Clegg…O
75 Lower Sloane Street, SW1W 8DAOliver BrownOliver Brown’s clients are a self-selecting bunch, steadfast in their resistance to the insidious trend for fast fashion. Unapologetically…B
11 St George Street, W1S 2FDByrne & BurgeThe youngest firm of tailors in this book, Byrne & Burge takes the finest traditions of Savile Row and filters them through an ethos…C
69 Moorgate, EC2R 6BHCopperfieldTo dislodge me from my west/south-west London groove, something has to be good – really good. Copperfield is one of those rare incentives.…H
11 Savile Row, W1S 3PSHuntsmanThe motto of this, the most consistently forward-thinking tailor on Savile Row, is apt: ‘Contemporary since 1849’. Steeped in tradition…M
Sackville House, 40 Piccadilly, W1J 0DRMeyer & MortimerSooner or later, every English gent pledges allegiance to a particular tailor. He may not confine himself exclusively to its services. It’s…N
16 Savile Row, W1S 3PLNorton & SonsWith A heritage as long, if not longer, than many of its neighbours, Norton & Sons is, by my reckoning, the least atavistic tailor on…H
15 Savile Row, W1S 3PJHenry Poole & Co.Between them, The storied tailors of Savile Row have dressed virtually every gentleman of wealth, power and distinction of the last two…B
3 Piccadilly Arcade, SW1Y 6NHBuddInherently patrician, Budd has had a presence in the Piccadilly Arcade since 1910. Wars, recessions and sartorial revolutions have come and…C
19 Piccadilly, W1J 0LACordingsCordings claims to celebrate ‘understated British style’. Far be it from me to dispute the second half of that mission statement. There’s…D
9 Savile Row, W1S 3PFDrake’sSimultaneously at one with and divergent from the tropes of classic British menswear, Drake’s is a light, bright and resolutely…N
53 Jermyn Street, SW1Y 6LXNew & LingwoodAs jermyn Street outfitters go, New & Lingwood is the wild card in an otherwise well-ordered pack, the wolf in a fold of calm and…T
71-72 Jermyn Street, SW1Y 6PFTurnbull & AsserDating from 1903, Turnbull & Asser’s flagship store is a temple of High Edwardiana: burnished brass, mellow woodwork and Art Nouveau…