My name is Wren and I am in the third year of my trouser making apprenticeship with Anderson and Sheppard. I work under my brother Finnan who has been with the company for over 10 years. At the start of last year Finnan built a workshop at his home in Sussex, because of the lockdowns it has meant traveling into London has not always been possible and so still being able to work with him everyday has been a great experience  We start work at 8:30am most mornings usually after I’ve had breakfast with Finnan and my nephew. We discuss what we need to prioritise that week, I might be s ..read more

The author Kingsley Amis is reputed to have adored his cords so much that he dreaded any social occasion which necessitated the wearing of anything else. I find myself empathising more and more with Mr Amis but this wasn’t always the case. I am a recent convert to the joys of the wale but am quickly becoming a most vocal proponent, one who finds himself reaching more and more for these most unassuming of trousers.  My sartorial volte-face comes after years of skepticism believing they were inherently fuddy-duddy, to be worn by men of a certain age whose hobbies usually include real ale d ..read more

We are delighted to publish Alain Elkann’s interview which appeared in his weekly column in La Stampa on Sunday 15th April. Mr Elkann and Mr Barberis Canonico are both friends and supporters of Anderson & Sheppard and of bespoke tailoring in Italy and the United Kingdom.  Mr Elkann conducts his interviews with precise, simple and elegant style. In pithy conversations some of the most well-known and successful personalities of our time reveal what makes them tick. Each interview on AlainElkannInterviews.com crystallises into a unique story as his subjects expre ..read more

ABC Awards has worked closely with Su Thomas, Manager of the Savile Row Bespoke Association and UKFT to develop an exciting new national qualification for the fashion and textiles industry. The Level 5 Diploma in Bespoke Tailoring provides learners with the practical skills and knowledge needed within bespoke garment production and the luxury garment market to work as a highly-skilled tailor and/or cutter. The qualification has been developed to meet the new trailblazer Apprenticeship Standards for Bespoke Tailoring. Combining the heritage of bespoke garment production with key production ski ..read more

We are extremely proud to be part of the current exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, “Items: Is Fashion Modern?”. The exhibition explores the present, past—and sometimes the future—of 111 items of clothing and accessories that have had a strong impact on the world in the 20th and 21st centuries—and continue to hold currency today. MoMA commissioned an Anderson & Sheppard suit that is displayed among other well-known and transformative pieces. Cut by Leon Powell and John Malone and made by Derek Tomlinson, Emily Hayward, Finnan Lane, Rosemarie Bolger and Michaela Cojocaru, th ..read more

  I have been working under Les as a coat cutter for over a year now and one of my favourite parts of the bespoke process it striking in. Les has spent a lot of time showing me how to strike in correctly, when I was first learning he was right by my side giving me instructions as I went. I am now able to do most of it on my own with Leslie checking each stage as I go. I am striking out a checked cloth today which is slightly more complicated as the checks need to match, so I would always get Les to help me with this. When striking a job one always has to consider how much cloth the ..read more

Black and white Lamlana single breasted Prince of Wales jacket paying homage to Fred Astaire’s original Anderson & Sheppard jacket. Styled with our five button cashmere cardigan and silk spotted tie. Cloth is W.bill 30073 10oz. Mandatory Credit: Photo by Everett/REX/Shutterstock (1898021a) Fred Astaire, ca. 1941 Fred Astaire, ca. 1941 The post Prince of Wales Check Jacket appeared first on Anderson & Sheppard - The Notebok Blog ..read more

Indigo and white, one of our favourite combinations at Clifford Street. Our linen two button henley shirt styled with our silk striped shirt and white cotton trousers in style seven. The post Indigo & White appeared first on Anderson & Sheppard - The Notebok Blog ..read more

I have worked at Anderson & Sheppard for the past ten months. I started working in the last week of September 2016. This coincidentally was the same week I should have returned to University. Before I started working for the company I had been studying tailoring at the London College of Fashion. Over my summer holidays I had been doing work experience at several houses on the Row. Through a series of fortuitous events I found myself being contacted by Anderson & Sheppard,  they wanted to see if I would be interested in a vacancy that they had in their trouser department. After a ..read more

We are delighted to include excerpts from the latest Alain Elkann interview.  Mr Elkann,  a long time friend and kind customer of the bespoke shop, talks to another great champion of craftsmanship, Robin Lane Fox at New College, Oxford, where Robin is the Garden Master.  The interview focuses on gardening as ‘a process that goes on all your life’ and on gardening across the world. Robin has written for the Financial Times every week for 47 years and is the longest running gardening columnist in the world. He is also a renowned English classicist, ancient historian. At the Unive ..read more