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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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A Henry Herbert Wedding

August 23, 2010
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We were privileged to be invited to make the shirt, waistcoat and trousers for this young man for his wedding day. He selected a crisp white shirt, with the fabric from Acorn Fabrics in Lancashire, a double breasted waistcoat using a luxurious Scottish cotton from Harrisons of Edinburgh and a pin striped pair of trousers [...]

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The Tailor’s Table – Revealed!

July 1, 2010

What’s on a tailor’s table?! Pictured is Charlie – the creator of Henry Herbert Tailors – at his Savile Row desk. It is not the tidiest desk in the world, but it has all the tools he needs to go through an order with each customer – tape measures, pins, chalk, books (and books) of [...]

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June 2010: Launch of The Bespoke Suit Review

June 1, 2010

Henry Herbert was set up by me, Charlie Baker-Collingwood. I hope to show as many examples as possible of the bespoke suits, shirts and overcoats we make for customers in the pages of henryherbert.com. However in the journey of making every garment I always come across interesting styles and approaches to the tailoring world. I [...]

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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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James Bond Fabric Meets Henry Herbert Tailoring

April 26, 2010

We make a variety of suits for a variety of different budgets and try to be as accommodating as possible. But this is one very special cloth – a Super 160’s from Dormeuil. We have made it for a customer who has worked hard and is in a position to indulge himself and it is [...]

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A ‘Birdseye’ Suit

April 26, 2010

An unusual and special fabric called Birdseye. The wool is from Holland & Sherry. We get a lot of queries about this fabric – it is a traditional pattern and we are asked if it is still contemporary enough to be worn today. Well, the answer is yes…this particular fabric is all the more special [...]

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A Complicated but Worthwhile Besoke DJ

March 13, 2010

How do we even begin to start describing this?! Well, perhaps most importantly, it was for a great guy called Dave Philipps. After going through the initial order with Dave he gave us some of his home farmed eggs. I would challenge anyone to compare a true organic egg to a supermarket egg – you [...]

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Wow – what a suit!

February 19, 2010

An extremely rare breed of suit – brown. It is made even more rare by the special velvet trim collar. Made even more special by the very difficult sewing surround of the last cuff button! (The colour matches the lining). This was an incredibly difficult three-piece suit that took Henry Herbert 37.5 hours of tailoring [...]

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