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I'm Dylan Jones and I'm the Editor-in-Chief
of British GQ magazine. Working for GQ's an incredibly varied
job because we cover so many different
aspects of modern life. Everything from fashion to politics,
to sport, media, to the entertainment industry. It's incredibly rich and varied.
I think that why
style in in london is so unique, I think it's because
there were some extraordinary designers in the past, people Katharine Hamnett
Paul Smith, Vivienne Westwood etcetera. In the last 10 or 15 years
you've had such an explosion of talent and there are probably more
young talented designers now in London
than they've ever been before. London Collections Men started
a couple years ago when the British Fashion Council decided
to move the one day of mens shows at the end of
London Fashion Week, move it into a proper
part of the calendar. And the enthusiasm for the project
has been incredibly gratifying because it's worked. So on the one hand we have
lots of emerging
young, dynamic British fashion designers.
Then we have the heritage of Savile Row. London is the home of menswear.
There's no point having a bespoke suit made anywhere else in the world
apart from Savile Row. I get my suits made at
Richard James, Henry Poole, or Anderson & Sheppard
They're all great. They all have a particular quirk. They all have
certain design details that they adhere to
any number of Savile Row tailors, you're going to get an experience there
that you won't be able to get anywhere else. The great thing about shopping in
London now is that you can shop everywhere.
In the West End you can shop in Soho, In Columbia Road, in Shoreditch,
in Marylebone. I think a lot of people now come here to see these incredible
examples of great British tailoring