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ORBISTAILORS & SARTORIAL HOUSES IN LONDON16 stores · curated ORBIS register
Ede & Ravenscroft makes legal and academic robes at Chancery Lane, alongside its bespoke and ready-to-wear tailoring business. The firm's ceremonial work dates to the 1689 coronation of William III and Mary II, preceding its present clothing range. Jeremy Hackett's Hackett offers British menswear through an outfitter's format, with tailoring alongside the Aston Martin Racing line.
London / Savile Row / Online
Anderson & Sheppard has been a Savile Row tailoring house since 1906. Per Anderson set the fluid cutting style that still distinguishes it. The house cut favours easy movement and a natural body line, passed down through an unbroken chain of cutters and tailors. The firm currently trains nine apprentices, holds a Royal Warrant as tailors to the King, and works from 32 Old Burlington Street.
Best for Bespoke Savile Row tailoring in the house's fluid, easy-moving cut
London & New York / Online
Savile Row-trained tailoring house whose signature shirt is the one-piece hidden button-down — a generous roll, no neck buttonhole, cut on the house block.
Best for The British one-piece hidden button-down.
London, UK
The Row’s ready-to-wear pioneer — machine-aided handwork heresy of 1935 that dressed Cary Grant.
Best for Traditional tailoring
Chancery Lane, London
Established in 1689 to make ceremonial robes for the coronation of King William III and Queen Mary II, Ede & Ravenscroft claims the title of London's oldest tailor and continues to dress the judiciary, clergy and universities in bespoke gowns from its Chancery Lane shop. Alongside legal and academic robemaking, the firm produces bespoke and ready-to-wear tailoring, holding Royal Warrants earned across more than three centuries of trade.
Best for Legal and academic robes, bespoke tailoring
Savile Row, London
The inspiration for Kingsman — the single-button jacket, the equestrian heritage, and the Savile Row house that dressed Gregory Peck and the Duke of Windsor.
Best for Single-button jacket, Kingsman inspiration, and the most cinematic tailor on the Row.
UK
Jeremy Hackett’s London outfitter — polished British menswear from Savile Row-adjacent tailoring to the Aston Martin Racing line.
Best for Polished British style below bespoke prices.
Savile Row, London
The first female head cutter on Savile Row — trained at Gieves & Hawkes, now with her own shop on the Row, breaking 200 years of tradition.
Best for First female head cutter on the Row, Gieves-trained, and a historic first
Savile Row, London
The sculptor's approach to tailoring — Andrew Ramroop, a tailor on Savile Row, and the house that treats each jacket as a three-dimensional sculpture.
Best for Sculptural tailoring, Andrew Ramroop, and the art of three-dimensional cloth.
London, UK
ME+EM builds women’s wardrobes around precise cuts, strong fabrics and details intended to improve fit or versatility. The range spans tailoring, knitwear, dresses and travel-friendly separates rather than trend-led capsules alone.
Best for Intelligent Fashion
UK
Founded in 2002 by Oliver Spencer, who started on a stall in London's Portobello Market before opening his first shop on Lamb's Conduit Street; unstructured tailoring cut from British and Italian mill cloth.
Best for Relaxed British polos; Relaxed British tailoring
Oliver Spencer left art school for a stall in London's Portobello Market, where he developed the tailoring skills that became the basis of his eponymous menswear label, launched in 2002. He had already founded the formalwear brand Favourbrook and started Oliver Spencer as a counterpoint to it — clothing built with tailoring craftsmanship but cut for a more relaxed, modern fit rather than traditional structure. The label's first shop opened on Lamb's Conduit Street in London, and Spencer staged his first runway show in a Covent Garden warehouse in 2005 before expanding into stores across Bloomsbury, Marylebone, Soho, and Shoreditch. The collections center on unstructured suiting, shirts in organic cotton and linen, and knitwear, sourced from British and Italian mills and made in European factories and workshops the brand describes as among the best available for its production standards. Oliver Spencer has since been stocked by department stores including Harvey Nichols and Liberty London, alongside an international online business, and the brand has built a public sustainability program around repair and reuse of its garments.
London, UK
London swimwear brand — the tailored swim short photographed by Slim Aarons. Luxury resort wear and 'Summer clothes to travel in'.
Best for Tailored polo shirt
London, UK
British menswear brand founded 1975—contemporary tailored clothing in knitwear, outerwear, shirting, blazers, footwear, and accessories with sharp working-class styling.
Best for Mod tailoring
Peter Werth founded his London menswear label in 1975 in Islington, north London. The brand's early inspiration drew from sharper, more formal styling traditions rooted in working-class 1970s culture. Collections evolved from contemporary knitwear through outerwear, shirting, blazers, and fine jerseywear into shoes and accessories—building a comprehensive wardrobe. The brand emphasizes 'high quality British contemporary menswear' with classic wardrobe essentials and seasonal collections. Product categories span long and short-sleeved shirts, polo shirts and t-shirts, knitwear (sweatshirts and jumpers), coats and jackets, footwear (formal shoes, casual shoes, boots, loafers, brogues, sandals), and accessories (bags, wallets, belts, hats, scarves, gloves). Peter Werth navigated significant challenges during the 2008 financial crisis, entering administration in 2011 and placing 70 jobs at risk before JD Sports acquired the brand, intellectual property, and stock. The acquisition saved 68 jobs at Peter Werth concessions. The brand relaunched with fresh direction and new website presence in October 2019, re-establishing itself after a period of market absence. The brand continues to offer flexible payment methods and regular sales alongside core collections.
London, UK
Founded in September 1992 by designer Richard James and partner Sean Dixon at a small shopfront at 37a Savile Row, London. One of the first of the 'New Establishment' tailors, blending traditional English cut with color and softer lines.
Best for Modern tailoring, colour
Richard James opened his eponymous house in September 1992 with business partner Sean Dixon, taking a small, then-derelict shopfront at 37a Savile Row that had no running water. It was the smallest shop on the street at the time; the landlord handed over the keys without asking for a deposit. James, a graduate of Brighton College of Art and a former buyer for the London boutique Browns, set out to keep the strong, flattering cut associated with Savile Row tailoring while injecting color and irreverence -- bright cashmere knitwear, satin ties, and suits finished in unexpected shades such as pink, lime, or mustard. The shop also broke with Row convention by opening on Saturdays, drawing a younger clientele of artists, actors, and creatives alongside its traditional legal and finance customers. Richard James is generally credited as the first of the 'New Establishment' tailors -- the wave of designers who arrived on Savile Row in the 1990s and pushed it toward a more fashion-conscious identity without abandoning bespoke craft. The house went on to win the British Fashion Council's Bespoke Designer of the Year and Menswear Designer of the Year awards. In March 2024, Richard James unveiled a new flagship, 'The House of Richard James,' at 29 Savile Row, consolidating its bespoke and ready-to-wear operations more than three decades after the original 37a opening.
Mayfair, London
The street that invented the suit — two centuries of bespoke tailoring, Henry Poole, Gieves & Hawkes, Huntsman, and the golden mile of British menswear.
Best for Two centuries of bespoke tailoring on Savile Row
Hampshire headquarters / London by appointment / Online
Savile Row bespoke tailor — Edwin DeBoise and Thomas Mahon. Bespoke shirt program includes one-piece collar on request.
Best for Bespoke Savile Row tailoring by Edwin DeBoise and Thomas Mahon
London / Savile Row
20 Savile Row — Japanese-owned, English-cut. A favourite of Japan's royal family and a bridge between East Asian precision and British tradition.
Best for Anglo-Japanese tailoring, precision cutting, discreet service.
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