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Enjoy the summer with a Henry Herbert suit

by Henry Herbert on August 26, 2010

Bespoke Suit Savile Row Tailored Suit Henry Herbert TailorsHenry Herbert is a bespoke tailoring service. Our bespoke tailors make hand tailored shirts, suits, overcoats and waistcoats.

We visit you anytime, any place using our Vespa scooters. Our bespoke tailors bring with them their measuring tapes, tools and fabrics to make perfectly fitting bespoke shirts and suits. To book your tailor, simply call 020 7837 1452 or e-mail cc@henryherbert.com. Henry Herbert tailored shirts start from £99 and Henry Herbert tailored suits from £595.

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Ten Questions to Ask You & Your Tailor

by Henry Herbert on August 24, 2010

Having a bespoke suit or bespoke shirt made can be an intimidating experience. Hopefully these ten tips from Henry Herbert Tailors will guide you through the minefield:

1. Visit as many tailors as you like. It is a relationship that must be comfortable for you.

2. Familiarise yourself with the different styles and choices available to you.

3. Be advised by a tailor, not pressured.

4. Have an idea of the colour and the cloth you are looking for. It will narrow down the vast selection available to you.

5. It is your bespoke suit (or shirt). Remember there are no wrong answers, merely preferences.

6. A good tailor will comfort you, not condescend you.

7. Expect at least a couple of fittings and at least as many months to perfect your first order.

8. All good suits and shirts should be tailored in England using local cloths.

9. Find the budget that is right for you and make sure final prices are clearly given to you (it is normal for bespoke tailors not to include VAT in their final prices).

10. Enjoy wearing it – every handmade suit and shirt will have its own characteristics.

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Henry Herbert makes Pyjamas too!

June 1, 2010

Henry Herbert has requests from all corners of the globe and every request is special and different. Pictured are a set of pyjamas we made for a cusomter in Germany – a slim tab collar complemented by a super soft Egyptian cotton.

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Wow – what a waistcoat!

February 18, 2010

A special brown waistcoat, made even more special by the very difficult sewing surround of the last button! (The colour matches the lining). This was part of an incredibly difficult three-piece suit that took Henry Herbert 37.5 hours of tailoring to complete, but well worth the toil. The fabric is a splendid Super 100’s wool [...]

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An Electric Blue Suit for a Henry Herbert Customer

February 18, 2010

A very brave and very striking fabric for a suit we are making for the Managing Director of a large media firm. The fabric is from Bateman Ogden, a Yorkshire based mill who are so old-school they don’t even have a website. The colour looks fabulous and will serve as a great suit for all [...]

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A special Henry Herbert shirt

February 18, 2010

A special shirt we have made for the Managing Director of a large media firm. The fabric is from Acorn, in Lancashire and is made of an excellent English cotton. The shirt is made even more unusual by the special collar trim and button sewing surround. Every part of this shirt was handmade, in London. [...]

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Henry Herbert Suit in Holland & Sherry Fabric

February 10, 2010

A great looking Holland & Sherry fabric in a suit Henry Herbert has just made for a young man from J.P. Morgan. The pictured suit is at its first fitting stage, or what is also known as a baste fitting. This is followed a few weeks later by a second fitting , or what is [...]

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February 9, 2010

An example of an excellent and very fine cloth from Taylor & Lodge of Huddersfield, England, in a recent Henry Herbert three-piece suit. The customer chose a simple and elegant style to the suit – a two button single breasted jacket, with a straight pocket either side. The suit is enhanced hugely by: 1. Excellent [...]

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A Henry Herbert Waistcoat in Taylor & Lodge fabric

February 8, 2010

An example of an excellent and very fine cloth from Taylor & Lodge of Huddersfield, England, in a recent Henry Herbert three-piece suit. The secret is “always keep the style simple and the cloth special.”

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Henry Herbert Waistcoats

January 20, 2010

As bespoke tailors, Henry Herbert can offer any cut and style of waistcoat you wish. However, we have found that the styles below tend to be the most popular. The Pocketwatch Waistcoat The Wristwatch Waistcoat is very similar to the Oscar Lafontaine Waistcoat (see below) with the exception of its pockets, which were originally designed [...]

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