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Wedding waistcoat drawn by a customer

by Henry Herbert on April 6, 2010

Savile Row Bespoke Waistcoat  

Henry Herbert was commissioned to make a new waistcoat to accompany the morning suit we are making for a young solicitor from London for his wedding. The customer knew the style of the waistcoat he wanted and drew a sketch for us. From this sketch we……..a) made a pattern, then b) ordered the fabric from the mill, to c)make a baste fitting for him before d)moving on to complete the waistcoat…and the morning suit. This ws a huge amount of work but well worth the patience. The short video on the right hand side offers a glimpse of the finished waistcoat – although apologies….it is no Hollywood production.

Wow – what a suit!

by Henry Herbert on February 19, 2010

Special Bespoke Suit

Bespoek Suit with Bespoke Trim

Special Bespoke Suit Cuff

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 to complete, but well worth the toil. The fabric is a splendid Super 100′s wool from Holland & Sherry. bokk a tailor smaller Wow what a suit!

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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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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A peak inside Henry!

January 18, 2010

We are often asked how the Henry Herbert Savile-Row-by-Scooter service works. Well, we thought we would make a little video to show people and post it up on henryherbert.com. Unfortunately it takes a huge amount of time and a lot of favours from a lot of friends to make it. But we have made a [...]

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King Henry VIII & The Last Button of a Waistcoat

January 13, 2010

Why do we leave the last button of a waistcoat undone? We can trace this back to King Henry VIII. It was considered a huge insult to Henry because he couldn’t see his toes, let alone fasten the bottom button of his waistcoat. His courtiers took it as a style ‘initiative’ and followed suit, hence [...]

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Make a Getaway in a Three-Piece

December 1, 2009

When you think of the three-piece suit, you think of the Thomas Crown Affair, or Al Pacino in The Godfather Part II, looking as fierce as any actor ever. You think of high-powered attorneys and CEOs roaming the courtrooms and boardrooms of the 1970s. You think of Justin Timberlake onstage. The question is: Do you [...]

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