Savile Row 'Field Day' - Oct. 11

[robin]

 

[andreyb2]

robin, bengal-stripe, thanks for the great pictures!

Andrey

 

[SimonC]

I went as well, and thoroughly enjoyed myself. I slotted it in between meetings, so only had time for a quick spin around the wool shed, popped into to Henry Poole to see the tail end of Angus Cundey presenting on evening wear and a short look around their workrooms, and finally a tour of Huntsman (excellent - free wine as well!).

Interesting points:

- Quite how large the workrooms were for both Poole and Huntsman, and the volume of work in progress in both
- Henry Poole had a rack of garments with a thin layer of dust on top of them - pigs?
- Huntsman have a fantastic 'hanging room' (IIRC) where work in progress and completed garments are stored; if nothing else an amazing source of inspiration
- Huntsman starting price is now £4,200; certainly eye-opening
- Interesting selection of well-known and less well-known customers named on the work dockets at both houses

 

[lasbar]

Originally Posted by SimonC

I went as well, and thoroughly enjoyed myself. I slotted it in between meetings, so only had time for a quick spin around the wool shed, popped into to Henry Poole to see the tail end of Angus Cundey presenting on evening wear and a short look around their workrooms, and finally a tour of Huntsman (excellent - free wine as well!).

Interesting points:

- Quite how large the workrooms were for both Poole and Huntsman, and the volume of work in progress in both
- Henry Poole had a rack of garments with a thin layer of dust on top of them - pigs?
- Huntsman have a fantastic 'hanging room' (IIRC) where work in progress and completed garments are stored; if nothing else an amazing source of inspiration
- Huntsman starting price is now £4,200; certainly eye-opening
- Interesting selection of well-known and less well-known customers named on the work dockets at both houses

Did you speak to Patrick Murphy?

 

[TRINI]

Originally Posted by robin

Can someone photoshop a pair of shades dropping down onto the right dog and add a 'Deal with it' caption?

 

[Winot]

I was there briefly and enjoyed the seeing the sheep on the closed road in the wonderful sunshine.

However, were any of the talks/activities in the various houses actually advertised? I didn't see any flyers or posters.

 

[bengal-stripe]

Originally Posted by Winot

However, were any of the talks/activities in the various houses actually advertised? I didn't see any flyers or posters.

Yes, they were on the web-site and I provided a link in my opening post:

http://www.savilerowbespoke.com/fiel...ld-Day-map.pdf

 

[andreyb2]

Originally Posted by SimonC

- Huntsman starting price is now £4,200; certainly eye-opening

Andrey

 

[lasbar]

Originally Posted by andreyb2

Andrey

Was £3950 last year...

The tide is high and I'm moving on...

 

[Macallan]

Originally Posted by SimonC

- Huntsman starting price is now £4,200; certainly eye-opening

Using my tour, Peter said the price was £4.4k; however, their website states starting price at £3995.

 

[HHD]

Originally Posted by andreyb2

Andrey

 

[Winot]

Originally Posted by bengal-stripe

Yes, they were on the web-site and I provided a link in my opening post:

http://www.savilerowbespoke.com/fiel...ld-Day-map.pdf

Thank you; I should have paid more attention (although I would have missed most of them anyway as I was there at lunchtime).

 

[alebrady]

Was £3950 last year...

The tide is high and I'm moving on...[/QUOTE

surprising...an interesting strategic decision given their troubles over the last several years...i wonder if they are focusing more on MTM and RTW now

 

[matthew farnes]

here are some more ( over 500 photo's) of the great day http://picasaweb.google.com/11478074.../SavileRowDay# http://thesavilerowartisan.com/

 

[JensenH]

I half expected the inflatable sheep in the window of A&S, placed there by Hitchcock