Comments on: savile row death-knell http://gapingvoid.com/2005/12/12/savile-row-death-knell/ "cartoons drawn on the back of business cards" Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:55:13 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Antoin O Lachtnain http://gapingvoid.com/2005/12/12/savile-row-death-knell/comment-page-1/#comment-8749 Antoin O Lachtnain Fri, 16 Dec 2005 18:26:29 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1897#comment-8749 Well, Saville Row is a famous old brand ... Why don't you guys (i.e., traditional SR tailors) club together and get a freehold, to have the address and continue the heritage? If you completely separate a heritage from the place where it grew up, it nearly always does damage to the heritage. You lose the community. I know you can preserve the community online and so on, but you definitely lose certain things. What about the apprenticeship system, which must be the basis for the long-term survival of the traditions? Will it work as well if there isn't an actual Row anymore? The marketing stuff matters too. Look at the struggle there has been in the food world over use of regional names. Anyway, English Cut's marketing is in safe hands whatever happens! Well, Saville Row is a famous old brand …
Why don’t you guys (i.e., traditional SR tailors) club together and get a freehold, to have the address and continue the heritage?
If you completely separate a heritage from the place where it grew up, it nearly always does damage to the heritage. You lose the community. I know you can preserve the community online and so on, but you definitely lose certain things. What about the apprenticeship system, which must be the basis for the long-term survival of the traditions? Will it work as well if there isn’t an actual Row anymore?
The marketing stuff matters too. Look at the struggle there has been in the food world over use of regional names.
Anyway, English Cut’s marketing is in safe hands whatever happens!

]]> By: The Obvious? http://gapingvoid.com/2005/12/12/savile-row-death-knell/comment-page-1/#comment-8750 The Obvious? Wed, 14 Dec 2005 00:09:16 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1897#comment-8750 <strong>When real estate becomes a liability ...</strong> If the designer labels want Savile Row as their address, no big deal. It's just real estate- the tailors can always go somewhere else. gapingvoid When real estate becomes a liability …

If the designer labels want Savile Row as their address, no big deal. It’s just real estate– the tailors can always go somewhere else. gapingvoid

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