INTERVIEW


“When I was an apprentice I began to make my own garments because I needed something to wear to see clients, so I started making my own suits and things. Now I have male clients asking if I will make something for their wife, a friend or a colleague from work. I never set out to do womenswear, but I really enjoy doing it and there’s been increased interest from women in bespoke clothing over the past few years. “Most people, especially women, know their own style; they know what works, they know what length jacket they want, they know what colours look good on


“I decided straightaway that I loved Savile Row - it seemed to me to be traditional and had values. Things were done in a certain way, to a certain quality that I hadn’t seen before”


them. They’re not coming to me from absolute scratch. Most of my clients are sure of the things they know would work for them, but they might say ‘I have no idea when it comes to tailoring, what do you think?’. It is easier to do menswear because you’ve got templates to work with, such as double breasted or a single breasted, two-button or three- button. Women’s tailoring doesn’t have such templates, it is all different shapes and sizes.”


Of course, women have been part of the tailoring industry for centuries, as finishers and assistant tailors, but Kathryn is beating a completely new path in this most traditional of professions. In her modest and understated way, she is the leader of a quiet revolution which is sending ripples out far beyond London W1. Q


SAVILE ROW STYLE MAGAZINE


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