I had request from a bride-to-be this week. It was not for a new commission, but rather a desperate plea to remedy a gown she had...

I was helping a male client with his wardrobe edit the other day; what to keep, amend, archive or recycle. He was convinced his old DJ...

You may have caught the compelling TV series “Madmen“. The story of the how the advertising industry took fire on Madisson Avenue in the...

During the summer my thoughts were solicited by THINK, a style magazine based in Dubai. It was running an article on the latest in...

t’s time to sing that chorus again. With the evenings drawing in and the temperature falling, we will need to think of bundling up in...

I have a number of autumn/winter trousers in production at the moment. As I was putting the final hand stitches into a blue birdseye...

One of the things I find most satisfying about tailoring is the opportunity to create practical but aesthetic garments. The perfect...

In 1940, with all-out war looming, the UK government Board of Trade decided to restrict the amount of clothing available in order to...

The caterpillar does all the work but the butterfly gets all the publicity’, supposedly said the comedian George Carlin. I guess this is...

“Annie Hall” hit the mark perfectly some 30 years ago in the eponymous film by Woody Allen. From top down, her combination of trilby,...

With the current financial turmoil that surrounds us it seems appropriate to talk about price of goods, but on this occasion I intend to...

I make no secret of my love of craft – the special skills, the attention to detail, the creativity. This week I’m privileged to speak at...

From time to time I wonder what happens to the finished garments that leave my studio, often with my exit advice to “wear them in”. It is...

It seems from recent press that ‘buying quality’ is the advice when preparing your wardrobe in times of financial uncertainty. So how...

When I first started business in the UK it was through a company I created called ‘The Concert Store’. Music is a great passion of mine,...

The V&A seminar, an invitation to speak on the BBC’s iconic radio programme Woman’s Hour, and a new commision from the King’s Singers...