Turnbull & Asser – 30 years ago
“Daniel Craig loved Crockett & Jones so much that he insisted on wearing seven pairs of their shoes for his last Bond film, Spectre.”
Crockett & Jones
Budd still cuts its bespoke shirts on the premises
Fortunately, there remain bespoke shirt makers on the street (Harvie & Hudson, Turnbull & Asser, Emma Willis, Hilditch & Key and, in the arcade, Budd) and they set the standard for the rest of the shirt sellers to follow. For shoes, Jermyn Street triumphs again.
With their wide lasts and colourful brogues, the unique Tricker’s, established in 1829, has only one shoe store in the world and it’s on Jermyn Street. You can also find shoes from Edward Green, John Lobb, Foster & Sons (who make bespoke as well as ready-to-wear), J. M. Weston, Church’s, Cheaney, Loake, Grenson, Russell & Bromley, Jones and Crockett & Jones, the latter loving the street so much
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they have two stores on it. Indeed, Daniel Craig loved Crockett & Jones so much that he insisted on wearing seven pairs of their shoes for his last Bond film, Spectre. On sale are also many delights that a
man cannot wear, such as cigars from Davidoff, cheeses from Paxton & Whitfield, and every thinkable shaving ac- coutrement from Taylor of Old Bond Street. Enter each of these shops prepared to talk, to ask questions, to hear stories, perhaps to sample and to stay a while. At their best, Jermyn Street shops offer the most outstanding service imaginable. Women particularly need to visit them, if only to discover that such service is still possible.
Dr Cindy Lawford gives tours of both
Jermyn Street and Savile Row, as well as of the St James’s art galleries
www.cindylawford.co.uk. She also gives women’s fashion tours of Soho and
Mayfair
www.fashiontourslondon.co.uk. tel: 44 (0)7805 935403
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