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Bespoke Tailoring

Gieves & Hawkes has over 250 years of history creating bespoke garments for customers from all backgrounds, cultures, and lifestyles.

The process

The art of
bespoke tailoring

From your first consultation to your finished garment, the bespoke journey is a deeply personal experience built around you.

Our Reputation

Our Reputation

Our aim is to maintain the highest standards, from the hand-crafted quality of the tailoring, the individual cut and fit, to the timeless style and design.

It is the unique relationship between our customers, cutters and tailors that drives our craft forward, and from which our reputation has been built. This consistency is achieved by the passing down of knowledge from our experienced tailors in our workshop and constantly perfecting the process of bespoke tailoring while being alert to the requirements and wishes of our customers.

Collaboration & Experience

Collaboration & Experience

The bespoke department is situated in-house at our flagship shop at No.1 Savile Row. Customers are met by their cutter, who will guide them through cloth choices, design of garments and take measurements.

Our collections of cloth range from luxurious cashmeres for overcoats to the lightest breathable wools for warmer climates, alongside a growing range of more rugged but soft linens, jersey, and cottons for the more versatile contemporary garments.

The cutter will then create a personal paper pattern by hand, from which the cloth will be struck. This is passed on to the tailor who will start to construct the garments with the required fittings needed to complete the first commission.

Attention to Detail & Heritage

Attention to Detail & Heritage

To maintain the consistency of this process, the garments are made in the workshop at No.1 Savile Row. The cutters, tailors, and finishers all work closely together as each specialised skill in creating a bespoke garment is intimately related.

From the measuring of the body, the design of a garment, how the pattern is created, to choices of cloth and construction. The tailor will mould and sculpt the cloth by shrinking, stretching, using multiple sewing techniques to create a unique three-dimensional garment, which is finished by an expert hand with the smallest most delicate but durable silk thread hand finishing.

Technical & Creative

Technical & Creative

Our house style is respectful of tradition but not frightened to innovate. With an ambition to be both technical and creative. Staying true to the hand-crafted roots of bespoke tailoring, with an eye that is firmly fixed on what is modern and relevant to our varied, international, and very knowledgeable customers.

The bespoke suit still holds its position as the core of our wardrobe; for it to remain relevant, versatile, and functional it will continue to evolve, as it has done throughout our history.

International Itinerary
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International Itinerary

Our cutters travel internationally throughout the year, bringing the Gieves & Hawkes bespoke and made to measure experience to clients worldwide.

New York

USA

2nd - 4th June

Loews Regency Manhattan

Geneva

Switzerland

20th & 21st July

Ritz-Carlton Hotel De La Paix

Geneva

Switzerland

September (TBC)

New York, San Francisco & Los Angeles

USA

October (TBC)

September and October dates to be confirmed. For more information, please contact our Bespoke Team.

Contact the Bespoke Team
The Workshop
No.1 Savile Row

The Workshop

Every bespoke garment is made entirely in-house at our workshop at No.1 Savile Row, where cutters, tailors and finishers work side by side. It is this proximity that allows each commission to be guided from first pattern to final stitch with an unbroken thread of care.

Knowledge here is passed down through generations. Senior hands mentor the next, ensuring that the techniques refined over 250 years continue to evolve without ever losing their foundation. The result is a team whose collective skill produces garments of quiet, lasting distinction.

From measuring the body and designing the pattern to selecting cloth and constructing the garment, every stage of the process is carried out under one roof. The workshop is not simply where we make; it is the heart of the house.

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Begin your bespoke journey

Begin your bespoke journey

Book a private consultation at No.1 Savile Row and discover the art of true bespoke tailoring.