Founded in 1992 on Savile Row by designer Richard James and his business partner Sean Dixon, Richard James has quickly established a reputation for itself as a leading luxury brand that has set the standard for contemporary tailoring and menswear. Richard James Savile Row had a simple if cunning philosophy that remains to this day: to produce classic men’s clothing of exceptional quality and push the boundaries through colour, cut and design.
Richard James respected the 200-year history of tailoring on Savile Row and each of its perfectly practised traditions but set out with a not always quiet determination to do things its own way.
With its bold, progressive take on the timeless and traditional, Richard James leads the way in revitalising a tradition spanning almost 200 years. The first of the ‘new establishment’ Savile Row – the new, more fashion orientated wave of tailors who moved onto the street in the nineties – 
Richard James is widely credited as having done much to rejuvenate the reputation and fortunes of what is widely acknowledged to be the world centre of quality tailoring. “We recognise and respect the traditions of Savile Row, but do so with boldness and vibrancy and an eye for the individual”. It is this mantra that has made Richard James stand out from the rest, producing classic clothing of unsurpassable quality, but to push the boundaries through design, colour and cut.
Ready-to-wear suits are available at 29 Savile Row, while bespoke creations are available at nearby 19, Clifford Street, W1S 3RH. From around £4,000, an entire custom-made suit can be produced in around six to eight weeks. With customers such as Sir Elton John, David Beckham, Daniel Craig and P.Diddy, you know you’re in for a bit of super-star luxury when it comes to Richard James. Its trademark slim, modern tailoring and bold use of colour, together with its fashion-led approach and ‘modern classic’ style have earned an array of awards including the British Fashion Council’s Menswear Designer of the Year.
Your bespoke creation is the most luxurious and personal thing you can have made. An individual paper pattern is created by our in-house cutter and each garment is pieced together by tailors with at least thirty years experience. A bespoke Richard James garment arouses those senses that lie dormant, forgotten by mass manufacturing.
Richard James prides itself on exclusively single-breasted suits with slightly longer, more waisted jackets, incorporating deep side vents and a slightly higher armhole to give a slim, definitive silhouette. The overall design philosophy is to produce classic clothing but to push the barriers through experimenting with fabrics and making bold use of pattern and bright flashes of colour.
Richard James remains a quintessentially British luxury company but now, with its online service and worldwide stockists operating in tandem with its stand-alone shops on Savile Row, it is one with a distinctly international outlook.
Updated classics, a fusion of timeless and contemporary designs and an exacting attention to detail – Richard James sets the benchmark for Savile Row tailoring, modern menswear, handcrafted accessories and overall cutting-edge British design and style.
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