Dougie Hayward tailor, another great passes away.

"The brute covers himself, the rich man and the fop adorn themselves, the elegant man dresses!"

-Honore de Balzac

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storeynicholas

Tue May 06, 2008 3:50 pm

Sad. But a good obituary; although I don't see mentioned Noel Coward's brown DJ.
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Fri May 09, 2008 8:43 pm

Did any LL members have clothes made by Doug Hayward? If so in what style did he make? How did they rate his work?
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Sat May 10, 2008 10:53 am

Manself, check the Bond films from "For your eyes only" to "A view to a kill", Hayward did Roger Moore`s clothes. Also Michale Caine in numerous films, such as "The Italian Job" and "Get Carter".

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Sat May 10, 2008 12:39 pm

Manself wrote:Did any LL members have clothes made by Doug Hayward? If so in what style did he make? How did they rate his work?
Are you hoping to sneak in one last commission? :)
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Sat May 10, 2008 8:22 pm

Not if it would result in me dressing like Roger Moore's Bond! But I've missed the boat in any case.

I'm just interested to know if the reality of Hayward's work lived up to the showbiz hype. The obituaries are wowed by his stellar list of customers, but I've no idea if he was well thought of within the business.
andreyb

Mon Nov 03, 2008 10:14 pm

I've just re-watched the segment on Douglas Hayward from BBC's "British Style Genius".

This is probably the best story on a bespoke tailor I saw in a very long time... Michael Caine's comments are indeed almost genius.

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Thu Nov 13, 2008 8:31 pm

andreybokhanko wrote:I've just re-watched the segment on Douglas Hayward from BBC's "British Style Genius".

This is probably the best story on a bespoke tailor I saw in a very long time... Michael Caine's comments are indeed almost genius.

Andrey
I agree with this.
It was really a pleasure to watch!
I really like the Hayward shop, I was visiting it last time I was in London and it is nice to see. Also nice is the story about the early years that it was like a club for famous people..
Fantastic a shop with that history.
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