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...markdown from the $5,800 for the made-in-London versions. But is it still a Savile Row suit if it's made in China? Maybe: the suits are cut by British tailors before being sent for sewing to the Kilgour-owned workshop in Shanghai. Kilgour creative director Carlo Brandelli swears there's no compromising on standards. "We sampled suits made in England and Italy and Shanghai," he says. "We went to Shanghai because the quality was exceptional." Customers don't seem to mind; the firm's client base has soared since the suits were introduced. Next, Brandelli plans...
...stuck to their staid ways. But others responded with brighter designs and cheaper lines - which is one of the reasons the hip male style leaders in Britain (the editors of Arena, Esquire and GQ) now prefer traditional Savile Row tailoring over designer duds. Under the design direction of Carlo Brandelli, Savile Row's Kilgour French Stanbury has been rewarded with not only the business of the fashion crowd, but of the celebrity crowd as well. Actor Jude Law and musician Noel Gallagher are customers too. "I would fear walking into Anderson & Sheppard," says Bill Prince, GQ's deputy editor...
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