| A Savile Row tailor is very different than any other | | | | themselves worthy repeatedly, before being allowed |
| tailor, and this is because of many reasons. Savile | | | | to advance to the next step. This is how bespoke |
| Row is famous for tailored suits custom created by | | | | tailors in Savile Row learn to make tailored suits. The |
| bespoke tailors, and these garments are famous all | | | | first step may be to learn how to create a coat, and |
| over the globe for their high quality and long lasting | | | | many an apprentice will spend four or five years at |
| use. Tailors from this address may not even | | | | this one skill, before moving on to cutting materials, |
| advertise or have a website or advertisements, and | | | | which can take another half a decade. Because of |
| many of the older firms have been doing business | | | | this process, tailored suits made from a bespoke |
| with some of the same families for years, even | | | | tailor are the highest class of both materials and |
| decades. A tailored suit from Savile Row means a | | | | craftsmanship, with perfection being not just an aim, |
| considerable investment of both time and money to | | | | but the only result that is acceptable. A bespoke |
| one of the bespoke tailors there, but this investment | | | | tailor may have to perform ten to fifteen sittings for |
| is well worth the end result. | | | | a tailored suit, sometimes more, and take numerous |
| | | | | measurements, all for one single suit. The time and |
| Bespoke tailors from this high class address teach | | | | expertise demanded are enormous, and a bespoke |
| apprentices to make tailored suits one long step at a | | | | tailor may charge more for a tailored suit to reflect |
| time. Apprentices are chosen for their desire to learn, | | | | this. Tailored suits can range from a couple thousand |
| and then they are given the chance to very slowly | | | | dollars to five thousand dollars or more, depending on |
| start working their way up, taking many years and | | | | the specific bespoke tailor and the materials and |
| even decades to become a master. The apprentice | | | | number of fittings involved. |
| must meet the most stringent standards, and prove | | | | |