Originally Posted by
ORAC
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……
Seriously sad, this is an icon that is getting trashed.
Gieves was imho the epitome of the British tailoring franchise, arrogant and snobbish, but very capable indeed.
Guess it is no surprise that they fell to the concept of 'casual Fridays' and tennis shoes as business attire.
I will hate the future where every one has a hundred black turtle necks, in honor of Steve Jobs.
So I'll raise a glass in honor of G&H, their passing marks another milestone in the decline of the West.