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Old 4th Jan 2022, 06:38
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Gieves & Hawkes

Only thing I ever bought from them was an SD hat, back around 1975. did/do they still make uniforms?

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/s...ebts-0995snqjf

Savile Row tailor Gieves & Hawkes falls victim to China debts

The owner of Gieves & Hawkes has been put into liquidation after initial attempts to find a buyer for the 250-year-old Savile Row brand failed.

The British tailor, along with its sister brands Kent & Curwen and Cerutti, faces being consigned to history after its Chinese ownerappointed FTI Consulting and R&H Services as joint liquidators. It is understood that the firms were drafted in by Standard Chartered, the company’s lender, after the advisory firm RSM failed to find a buyer.

Gieves & Hawkes traces its roots back to 1771 and has dressed royalty as well as Lord Nelson, Winston Churchill and Noël Coward. It has about 60 shops in Britain, including 1 Savile Row.…..

Industry experts suggest a rescue deal could still be struck for Gieves & Hawkes’ brand name while restructuring specialists have suggested that the tailor’s archive collection, which includes military uniforms, could be sold off at auction to collectors of historic artefacts……
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