The London Lounge

Gentlemen,

It seems that one of the most highly regarded cutters on the Row, Malcolm Plews, who retired from Welsh & Jefferies some time ago, is back to work -- but not under W&J roof. AFAIK, he rents space at Meyer & Mortimer's premises -- as many other independent cutters do.

Apparently, a web-site is in the works: http://www.malcolm-plews.co.uk

Andrey

Malcolm has been a friend of mine for around 35 years. I have always considered him to be one of the most talented, one of the nicest and one of the most genuine people who work in and around the tailoring center of Savile Row.

He is too good to retire!!

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He made a few things for me when he passed through Dege, and when his partner would visit NY I had a suit made then. The technical skill is fantastic, and (as Leonard says) he is indeed a remarkably nice man.

Incidentally, he is very much known for his work on ladies' wear. My wife had a car coat made at Dege. A female apprentice did the design work with her, which was a little unusual, but the label shows that Malcolm was the cutter. I brought it back to him recently and he did a stunning alteration of it to fit my daughter.

An interesting side note:

Malcolm Plews and Alan Bennett (Davies & Son) witnessed the famous, impromptu concert that the Beatles gave on the rooftop of the Apple Building, 3 Savile Row, on January 30, 1969.

It was the last performance of the Beatles together.

At the time both were apprenticing.

Messrs. Plews and Bennett were interviewed and photographed for one of the London papers in 2009.

They recalled that one of the tailors called the police to break-up the concert.

Mr Plews' web-site went live: http://www.malcolm-plews.co.uk/

Apart of usual stuff, there is also a page on tailors -- always good to see some working hands get mentioned -- and a gallery of a very nice wardrobe, apparently made by Mr Plews for a lucky customer.

Andrey

There's a nice page about the Royal Warrant as well. The current POW did NOT choose to keep it at Malcolm's former place of employ.

lgcintra wrote:This page requires a password...

Luis,
it did the first time I clicked the link on the original post.
Just click here now
http://www.malcolm-plews.co.uk/
Thank you andreyb for the update. Totally worth while.

Concordia wrote:There's a nice page about the Royal Warrant as well. The current POW did NOT choose to keep it at Malcolm's former place of employ.

It's worth noting that the Royal Warrant is never awarded to a firm but rather to an individual. For example, Hitchcock Sr. at A&S held the warrant but when he retired, the PoW allowed it to be passed along to the next head cutter.

In the case of Welsh, Plews never retired but simply moved on, so there was no need for the PoW to redesignate the warrant award.

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Who is the head cutter now at A&S??

And trouser cutter??

Do you know ?

The Plews gallery, featuring one of his more stylish clients, is interesting and very well put together. Was it Steed and "Voxsartoria" who first used this same method of showing online tailoring examples on a client instead of mannequin?

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Who is the head cutter now at A&S??

And trouser cutter??

Do you know ?

John Malone is the trouser cutter.

I forget the name of the head cutter. He's been there forever as well.

uppercase wrote:^^^^
Who is the head cutter now at A&S??

Mr Danny Hall, with A&S for almost 30 years.

Cheers, David

the Plews website gallery is excellent, one of the best

would be interesting to know if all of these items were made when Plews was at Welsh & Jefferies, or the customer has followed him from house to house