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Not just for work, with bespoke there’s plenty of opportunity to be stylish at play too. Whatever you’re doing and wherever you’re going this summer, find us in London, New York and Stockholm. Bespoke prices start at £800 for a jacket, £230 for trousers and £1000 for a 2 piece suit.

Contact us for more information about any of our garments and services or book a consultation with one of our tailors.

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SIXFORSIX: Completion
Illustrating Bob with Chris Mitchell
Savile Row: The Bespoke Tailoring Experience

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Our collaboration with Cerrutti, reached its conclusion last month, at Pitti Uomo 96.

A collection of six bespoke suits, made for six international influencers – each boasting Cad & The Dandy’s craftsmanship, style and versatility, made up in Cerruti’s iconic iTravel cloth.

The concept was launched at Pitti Uomo 95, with our brief to deliver individual bespoke looks, conveying a natural born elegance in a cloth designed to meet the demands of today’s business travellers.

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THE PEOPLE

All highly respected in their fields, our six influencers listed below span the worlds of fashion, music, film, digital and dance.

We’ve made a short film introducing each of them and their thoughts on creativity, elegance, style and travel. Click on the videos below to find out more about….

ALBERTO BARBERA, Artistic Director Venice Film Festival

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ERIC-CHARLES DONATIEN, Feather Designer & Plumassier

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ALEX GARIAZZO, Musician

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EMIL LEVIN, Menswear & Lifestyle Influencer

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SARAH-ANN MURRAY, Menswear Fashion Director and Stylist

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TOMMASO SPADACCINO, Milan La Scala Ballet Dancer

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THE EVENT

The collection was unveiled at an intimate evening event, revealing each of the looks alongside the individual influencers they were made for.

With many friends and business associates in attendance the gathering was a celebration of the culmination of the project as well as a showcase for our expertise in the craft of bespoke tailoring.

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A special mention to everyone involved in the project, especially our six influencers. But also a huge thanks to those working so hard behind the scenes, helping to make this collaboration the great success that it was.

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SIXFORSIX: The Teasers
Illustrating Bob with Chris Mitchell
Savile Row: The Bespoke Experience

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Part of a year of events to mark the completion of our tenth year in tailoring, we have joined forces with this Italian cloth power house to produce a series of six bespoke suits for six distinctive personalities, using their iconic iTravel cloth.

Enjoy a sneak peek of each of these personalities below, via our series of short films.

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A collaboration with globally renowned brand icon illustrator, Chris Mitchell, to deliver Bob, the mascot for our new branding.

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We took a trip down to Epic Icon’s HQ, in Chichester, to catch up with illustrator Chris Mitchell, an artist responsible for developing some of the world‘s most familiar brand and corporate identity icons – many having become global classics of our time.

Our short film features Chris, in discussion with our MD, James Sleater, capturing aspects of the creative process leading to the delivery our new company icon. With a similar approach to ours, Chris’ work is rooted in the heritage of the illustration craft while also embracing aspects of modern technology to realise and deliver his work at the highest level.

The results gave us Bob in two incarnations – a full body side profile, and a striking portrait. Conveying strength, authority and poise, we’re delighted with the results, which will be introduced across aspects of our branding in the coming months.

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The Cutting Edge – Bespoke Tailoring Shears
Cad & The Dandy House Tweed

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Taking you through the bespoke tailoring experience, this video shows the steps we use to make every customer’s bespoke suit.

Starting with fabric selection, our tailors guide customers through selection from our thousands of English and Italian cloths.

After a full set of measurements are taken, our tailors make up a partial suit as a kind of ‘rough draft’ for the client to try on before final adjustments. This is called a toile fitting, the purpose of which is to ensure a perfect fit.

It’s these interim fittings that makes a suit ‘bespoke,’ as well as being the hallmark of Savile Row tailors.

Finally, a master craftsman finishes the garment, with finishers hand-sewing every buttonhole to complete the suit.

Book a bespoke consultation at one of our Savile Row, City, Stockholm or New York locations.

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The Cutting Edge: Bespoke Tailoring Shears
Cad & The Dandy House Tweed
The Future of Bespoke Tailoring

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In early December we made the pilgrimage to the historic steel capital of England, Sheffield, to commission Andrew – the last Putter in Europe – to make bespoke tailoring shears for our cutters.

As any tradesmen will know, the best tools produce the best work and the guys at William Whitely, where Andrew works, really are the Savile Row of the scissor industry. When Andrew retires he will take his craft with him, leaving the company to look to the future and, with it, more modern manufacturing techniques.

Quality scissors last generations and whilst it is still possible to commission bespoke tailoring shears, made under the hands of the last master, we decided to have our own unique sets made, to honour and support a leading light in British Craftmanship.

The shears made by Andrew and William Whiteley are as unique as the suits we make, each one starting its life being cut by these blades. We documented the making by taking two customers to capture the process in both video and photo. We hope their images convey the craft and talent that goes into making every pair of bespoke tailoring shears whilst also paying homage to the skills of Andrew, and all like him in British industry.

You can find out more about William Whiteley, their history and what they do via their website. You can also watch some suits in the making via our blog.

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The Golden Rules of Tailoring
The Cloths of Huddersfield

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Woven in Huddersfield using age-old methods, the cloth has a handle that can only be achieved using the best raw woollen yarn and the natural softness of the local Penine water. All these elements combine to create a cloth with unrivalled character and quality.

Weighing in at a versatile 12oz / 370g, the key to any contemporary tweed is combining patterns that are flexible enough to cover a range of garments that are wearable practically all year round —sports coats, suits and trousers that can be worn in either city or country, to formal receptions and casual weekend outings alike — yet remain suitably functional and hard wearing.

We are delighted to offer our clients this new, distinctive house tweed that is destined to become a much-loved, timeless classic, wearable in a variety of environments and for a multitude of occasions.

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With the craft itself having changed little over the centuries, our suits are still cut from individual paper patterns, using the imperial measuring system of this age-old tradition. Mixing this with an eye for technology and innovation, “We’re making bespoke tailoring more modern and accessible, whilst still being traditional,” says tailor John Baker.

Shot entirely at our Savile Row shop, this video was made by Hogarth Worldwide, a London based marketing implementation agency, who sent a production team along to film us for the day. You can read a full transcript of the video below.

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James, C&D Founder/Director : Nowadays a website is really your shop front. And we’ve always treated it like a window display. We want to give people the option to see what we’re doing before they come in and really be aware of the pricing. To try and break down hidden boundaries behind tailoring, to show the different style options, as many different cloths as possible, simply to put people at ease before they come through the door.

The first stage is the consultation process. A very important part of that process is obviously selecting the cloth. That’s really going to determine what the suit looks like.

John, Tailor/Front of House: We’re making tailoring more modern and accessible whilst still being traditional.

Mike, Tailor/Front of House: The great thing about us as a company is we’re very forward thinking. We integrate technology into the equation, so when we’re going through the design process the customer will have an on screen visualisation when we’re talking about different design details.

James, C&D Founder/Director: We spend a good amount of time with the customer finding out what the suit is needed for – whether its a wedding, whether it’s a work suit – because the cloths will need to reflect that. The customer will then get measured. It’s about accommodating that customer and what he wants, within our house style.

We will then make a pattern for that customer – jacket pattern, trouser pattern, waistcoat pattern, overcoat pattern, whatever it is – so the pattern becomes every customer’s blueprint. That’s stored on file so any subsequent orders will be always cut off that. Once it’s made, we try to turn a flat piece of fabric into a three dimensional fitting. It’s an art form and it takes us about 60 hours to make a hand made suit. We have to amalgamate all the different components of that suit and there are different people involved in the making of it.

David, Head Cutter: You do need that something extra to bring the next generation of bespoke client’s through the door. What Cad & The Dandy are doing is always innovating. Tweed has got a bit of a staid reputation. When you come to Cad & The Dandy you’re going to see tweeds cut in exciting colours, exciting designs, worn with panache. It gives people a bit of a lift. People come here and they think ‘wow!’

Rhiannon, Cutter: Cad & The Dandy have quite a flexible approach to tailoring. So in my experience they will work on a variety of garments using different cloths.

James, C&D Founder/Director: We’re trying to get everybody involved in everything. I don’t really like businesses where you’re just going to section the work. That’s not to say that I want a coatmaker of mine to make a pair of trousers. Everyone has to have their own area of skill, but I think it’s very important that everyone is very customer facing.

You’re never too old to learn. It’s all about adapting and changing so hopefully in ten years time we’ll be as reactive and as able to change with trends and demands as we are today. I can’t imagine doing anything else.

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Bespoke Suits : Wear & Care
The Golden Rules of Bespoke Tailoring
How it Works : The Essentials

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Country wear, dinner suits, shooting jackets, tailored separates, bespoke shirts, City chalk stripes and tweeds all feature, with guest appearances by our fleet of company Land Rovers. If any inspiration were needed for your next suit, it can be found here.

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Black Tie Etiquette

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