European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 15, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Modern living August 1977 the stars and stripes Page 19 suiting up on savile Row by Sandra Salmans new York times Tuii them shop windows piled High bolls of pin striped few streets seem More masculine than savile Home of London bespoke Marclo order most London tailors would agree with Monty Chark a director of i cacs fun Vokes Ltd at i savile hat a mans tailor is a mans tailor and a woman tailor is a in savile Row has always turned out Riding habits for including the sportswomen in the Royal and during to Fred War Huntsman sons made uniforms for women but for and up Way up a woman can acquire a tailored costume with a savile Row perhaps the leading savile Row mens tailor for women is nutters bespoke tailors to Bianca Diana Ross and Susan to name a about 10 per cent More than the rate for a nutters will produce a three piece woman suit with Vest and trousers or skirt the style of the is emphatically masculine said Edward the owner of women look very sexy in them women suits make up Only 10 per cent of nutters but they Are worn in the very Best places the in muted pastel made an appearance on the last Day of with the relaxation of the dresses Only they were worn even in the Royal enclosure at couples Are often outfitted by the same Mick As Well As has been suited by nutters so have rolling Stone drummer Charlie Watts and his at the other end of the lord Montagu of Beaulieu and his Bride wore while nutters to their wedding in 1971 a Suil from can be four months in the making it begins when a woman enters the cramped shop to look Over swatches of material we discuss the we talk Over styling of the said Joseph a director of the us nothing you Rush most suits Are made up in a gabardine or worsted Sextan generally advises against be cause it wrinkles and offers a line like worsted to americans and other people from warmer tie urges most women to select solid if a suit is it becomes a Day time suit when youre spending that much you want to get your use out of once she has chosen her the woman tries on some Sample jackets to select the lines and the Width of the lapels she she can then choose a culottes or from measurements taken in one of nutters two fit Ting Sexton produces a pattern on Brown wrap new York tin Robin bespoke tailor Edward Sexton with Model suitable fashions for Ping the pattern for a woman jacket requires three separate pieces to make up a front panel a mans jacket needs Only from the a Cutter strikes the the together a Canvas Are basted by about a week after the cloth Lias been the Suil is ready for the first the second fitting takes place after another All changes Are noted on the which is we have a record for every Sexton that How we develop our Export weve trained our foreign clients so if they know there coming to London in a they let us know and we Send them some batches of they select the and we have he first fitting ready for them when they if they go on from Here to Paris or we can have the second fitting ready for them on their Way Back sheikh Chic by Anthony Nicholas United press International f you want to be one of the worlds Best dressed its cheaper to live in London for your handmade suit will probably Only Cost about if this seems a staggering compare it with the you might have to pay in in or in new York or but that pretty much the top London some of Britain most famous tailors charge far this insight into the competitive Edge Britain rag Trade has Over its foreign rivals is highlighted in the latest financial report of a leading menswear Ancroft and from its exclusive shop in May fairs Dover Ancroft and aug our chairman Tony Holland it might seem strange to most of whom live in that the bespoke tailoring division should be doing so Well at this time when its Price for a suit is 300 pounds elsewhere in London tailoring top craftsmen of the Trade like Cyril who makes suits for politicians and the Middle East Oil says he Only charges Between 340 and when the Lincroft and Kilgour Price is Claude Cyril 1 wish we could get 300 pounds for a its still hard to get even nowadays with the Price of cloth so top show business tailor Robbie who charges from a says his business is hold ing up but most of May fairs top tailors express concern about rising the High Price of and the number of big companies which have gone bankrupt and whose executives were their Best with the exodus of Large firms out of London Rien ced a bad said another tailor with top pop Stan and other celebrities living abroad for tax reasons we have lost some of our Bat