“Buckle Up and Button Down.” That was the theme of the Savile Row presentation, hosted at The Cabinet War Rooms here at London Collections Men. The bespoke tailors of Savile Row are historically the root of British fashion and tailoring. The Savile Row shops and tailors sponsored the event, in collaboration with St. James and The Woolmark Company.

This very “Mad Men-esque” event was extremely well done in my opinion (and I went in with VERY high expectations). Savile Row never disappoints. The Cabinet War Rooms made for a very unique venue. The history of this wartime bunker is that it sheltered Churchill and his government during the Blitz. It provided the secret underground headquarters for the core of the British government throughout the Second World War. The models were incorporated into the rooms and the venue, and it was almost like a theater event, as models were dressed to the nines in tailored Savile Row vintage attire and spoke and acted as if they were old wartime advisors. I found just the museum itself to be incredible, and of course the Savile Row garments to be beautiful, and put all together it was like a history meets fashion extravaganza experience. I didn’t actually think it would be possible to top “The Grand Match” , which was last years Savile Row event, but it certainly did!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Posted by Lori Zaino, photos by Paloma Canseco.