Why the Japanese Suit Is Quietly Killing Savile Row

Why the Japanese Suit Is Quietly Killing Savile Row The word "sebiro" — Japanese for suit — was borrowed directly from Savile Row during Japan's Meiji Restoration. For one hundred and fifty years, Japan studied, refined, and ultimately perfected the craft that Britain invented. Today, the most technically accomplished suits in the world are being made in Osaka workshops that most of the Western fashion press has never covered — at a fraction of the price Savile Row charges for work that, in many cases, is no longer built by hand. This is the story of how Japan learned everything from Britain's most famous tailoring street, and quietly left it behind. From the collapse of Gieves and Hawkes to the rise of Ring Jacket. From Savile Row's floating canvas to the Japanese fabric mills now weaving cloth for the Row's most prestigious houses. And from a young Japanese tailor who came to London to learn — and returned home to outperform his teachers. The Luxury Meltdown investigates the quiet reversal happening inside the world of bespoke tailoring. Subscribe for more investigations into the luxury industry's biggest stories. #SavileRow #JapaneseSuits #LuxuryMenswear #BespokeTailoring #TheLuxuryMeltdown #MensStyle #OsakaTailoring #LuxuryFashion #SuitHistory #RingJacket #TailoringInvestigation #MenswearCrisis 1. Gieves and Hawkes enters administration https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2022/oct/26/gieves-hawkes-tailor-enters-administration 2. Ring Jacket — Osaka suit maker