NEWS


SRBA: Supporting skills and training initiatives


Eighty-two young people have now completed SRBA apprenticeships on Savile Row since the association was founded in 2004, which bodes very well for the future of bespoke tailoring on our unique street


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ongratulations from everyone at the Savile Row Bespoke Association (SRBA) to this year’s successful apprentices, who received their SRBA Diplomas at the Bespoke


Tailors’ Benevolent Association (BTBA) summer party at the Merchant Taylors’ Hall on Friday 5th July. Pictured, from left to right, at the party are SRBA Director Su Thomas, Katarzyna Zlotorzynska of Huntsman, Tara Louise Hansen of Kathryn Sargent, Keiichi Inakura of Gieves & Hawkes, SRBA Chairman William Skinner, Christian Greenwood and Iona Knight of Dege & Skinner, Abby Robertson of Henry Poole & Co and Philip Parker, the Head Cutter of Henry Poole & Co. Su Thomas and Philip Parker both acted as assessors. A full apprenticeship course has also been


established since the inception of SRB which has regenerated the craft. In 2004, there was a desperate need to revive the Row and get young people to engage with the craft. Savile Row Bespoke Association Manager Su Thomas has been the driving force behind the apprentice scheme and with the support of the member houses the Row has been revived. Inside a few years, the average age of the tailors on Savile Row has fallen from around 60 to 40 and below. The SRBA apprenticeship scheme is open


to all, but the principal route to achieving the Diploma is through completion of the SRBA’s Diploma apprenticeship course whilst in employment with one of our member companies.


14 SAVILE ROW STYLE MAGAZINE


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