We asked Anda Rowland, owner of Anderson & Sheppard, which recently celebrated its 100th anniversary, what the outlook is for the Row’s traditional tailoring firms.
“We are still getting new customers and many enquiries, but it has to be said that London is not really in the mood to spend and people are traveling [to London] less,” Rowland tells Luxist. “Luckily, despite the turn away from ‘bling’ spending, there has been a renewed interest in goods that have an underlying value, which is perceived as more solid and easier to understand and to explain to the customer. There is a shift from the ‘Because I’m worth it’ attitude towards one questioning ‘Was it worth it?'”
Asked about the influx of money from emerging markets, “Speaking for Anderson & Sheppard, we have not seen a growth in customers from Russia or from the UAE,” she replies. “We have had more press interest, but it has not filtered through to visits yet. China and India are growing markets [for us] due, perhaps, to a historical familiarity with the history and tradition of Savile Row.” As for the future, “I have heard from the other tailors that they believe that their trips abroad will be more and more important over the next couple of years,” Rowland says. “They feel that customers will be traveling far less and that overseas service will help them to keep the workshops busy and running efficiently.”
Summing up, Rowland, who inherited the business a few years back from her father, is optimistic. “As a relative newcomer to this industry where most houses are at least 100 years old, I am reassured by the reaction of most tailors who say that their firms have seen it all several times before,” she tells us. “I can imagine that for many of the big designer brands that are much younger, it is harder to be as quietly confident as we are on Savile Row.”
With the falling pound, it is time to pick up some more Savile Row Suits.
Worth their weight in Gold in a Down Economy. A flight to quality if you will.
The Rest is Up to You…
Michael Porfirio Mason
AKA The Peoples Champ
AKA Your favorite International Playboy’s, favorite International Playboy
The Guide to Getting More out of Life
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Her frame goes beyond thick, she got you stunned
Living it up off the pop hits
Like a dame on a Bond flick, she’s not the one
To give it up ’til you cop shit
Just because she’s stacked right, she got your soul
Her every wish you now obey
You should be on that act right, but she got control
She say jump you scream, “OKAY! I’M RELOADED!”
N*#ga you shooting blanks
Trying to front like you got game
Her crib is sugar coated, like she lootin banks
But it’s your wallet she done claimed
When the limit of your plastic, reaches the end
You start paying for your time
She’ll be in it for the last bit, of money to spend
HA, HA, HA And you’ll be left with dimes
While she filling up
The Rest is Up to You…
Michael Porfirio Mason
AKA The Peoples Champ
AKA The Seventh Letter
The Guide to Getting More out of Life
http://www.thegmanifesto.com
A diamond unearthed in the southern African nation of Lesotho could yield one of the largest and highest quality round polished diamonds.
Experts in Antwerp, Belgium who analyzed the 478-carat stone determined it to be of the highest color grading available for a white diamond.
“What makes it more remarkable is the color and quality of this stone,” said diamond consultant Neil Buxton.
The diamond is a D color, which is the highest possible graded color you can get, and there is a chance of getting a 100-carat plus round stone with the highest color and clarity rankings.
The diamond, which was found in September, ranks as the 20th largest rough diamond ever found, but is not the biggest ever taken from the Letseng Mine, which is co-owned by Gem Diamonds Ltd. and the Kingdom of Lesotho, a country of 2.1 million that is surrounded by South Africa.
Two bigger stones — 603 and 493 carats — were found in the mine in 2006 and 2007, respectively, the company said. A 601-carat diamond was mined there in 1960.
The biggest diamond ever found so far is called the Cullinan diamond – which is part of the British Crown Jewels – and is measured at more than a staggering 3,100 carats.
The Rest is Up To You…
Michael Porfirio Mason
AKA The Peoples Champ
AKA The Game Doctor Spock
The Guide to Getting More out of Life
http://www.thegmanifesto.com
Bottle Service Update: Half-bottle service in Las Vegas
One of my droogs just sent me an article about Bottle Service in Las Vegas.
New York-New York Hotel & Casino’s new nightclub — ROK Vegas — will offer half-bottle service when it opens to the public Labor Day Weekend. It’s billed as a Vegas first. Half bottles start at $175, plus tax and gratuity.
The idea is to “enhance the VIP experience by offering guests more choices for their tables,” according to press materials, plus give nightlife lovers a more budget-friendly club option.
Great track to relax on a summer weekend day gulping some Albariño and whipping up some fresh caught-free range Halibut with a dill mustard sauce, some ensalada Valenciana and a fly Uruaguyan girl. And of course enjoying everything that happens succeeding.
Temptations – Treat Her Like A Lady
The Rest is Up to You…..
Michael Porfirio Mason
AKA The Peoples Champ
AKA The Seventh Letter
The Guide to Getting More out of Life
http://www.thegmanifesto.com
