Enfant terrible to godfather: Richard James on Savile Row

The tailor famed for outfitting the great and good of Britpop is celebrating a quarter of a century on the Row

Twenty-five years ago, Richard James came to Savile Row, an act that at the time ruffled a few feathers. He was perceived by some of the established tailors on the Row to be something of an interloper coming, as he did, from a fashion background having worked as a buyer for the famous store Browns.

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