STYLE & DESIGN
Originally published on Wednesday, 04 February 2009
Spit ‘n’ Polish
There is something so magical about your first bespoke suit. It might be the way it hangs just so, or subtly adjusts to your every movement. Or else, it’s the fact that, from fabric to cut, every stitch and minute spent on it is yours to wear forevermore.
Unfortunately, when you take it home and hang it in the wardrobe beside your other suits, they all suddenly seem rather lacklustre. Like finding True Love, then flicking through your old Little Black Book of ‘almosts’.
There is, however, something to be said for brushing off the old favourites – at least as far as clothing goes. Drop one of your ‘less perfect’ suits in at Stowers, for example, and the ex-Gieves & Hawkes tailors will fully refurb and revamp it, accommodating the odd extra pound (and decade) to leave you with the Savile Row look, but without the re-mortgage.
Perhaps taking a page from their refurbishment book, Liberty’s have also been busily spitting and polishing of late, finally unveiling their seemingly safari-themed revamp on Valentine’s day. Which is, of course, the ultimate occasion for dusting off ‘old favourites’. Assuming you haven’t found the perfect fit yet, of course.
Stowers Bespoke, 13 Savile Row, W1S 3NE • 0207 287 3080
‘Refurbs’ from £200.
Liberty Renaissance, Feb 14 Regent Street, W1B 5AH • 020 7734 1234
