Style for Soldiers - Huntsman Savile Row

Huntsman, together with luxury shirt-maker Emma Willis provide a helping hand to boost the confidence of British soldiers returning from war zones with life-changing injuries. To do that, the house has joined with Willis’s charity, Style for Soldiers, to provide bespoke and made to measure suits for a number of ex-servicemen with conflict injuries.

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Willis started the charity almost ten years ago, after listening to a radio programme about the difficulties wounded servicemen have in entering back into civilian life. In response to this, she decided to employ her shirt-making skills to bolster the self-esteem of injured soldiers.

Huntsman’s chairman, Pierre Lagrange, says that working with the charity was a natural move. “As you’ll hear from the team at Huntsman, styling those soldiers in bespoke garments has been an extraordinary, uplifting experience for all, and I am grateful to Emma for her leadership that inspired us”. Huntsman’s general manager Carol Pierce and cutter Anette Akselberg worked together with the retired soldiers, to create a suit expertly fitted to their different body shapes,

Among the ex-servicemen are 25-year-old Shaun Stocker, who lost both his legs and was partially blinded when he stepped on a landmine in Afghanistan. Stocker, who now works as a motivational speaker, asked Huntsman to make the suit for his wedding. Akselberg has cut the suit in grey herringbone wool, with a coat and waistcoat, in Huntsman’s classic, single button style.
 Garth Banks, a soldier who was also injured in Afghanistan in 2010, and who now has two prosthetic legs, commissioned a suit with short trousers in what Akselberg describes as “a bright, French blue.”

Huntsman RTW SS16 Collection

Huntsman’s Spring/Summer 2016 ready-to-wear collection reflects the timeless style, superior craftsmanship and clean-cut elegance of Huntsman’s bespoke clothing.

Tailoring mirrors the Huntsman’s bespoke house style, hand-cut and sewn entirely in England. Shirting comes care of Jermyn Street’s Emma Willis and accessories and neckties are sourced throughout England.
This collection is the first created by Creative Director and Co-Head Cutter, Campbell Carey, and is designed to offer Huntsman customers a wealth of versatile, quintessential British summer staples; carefully crafted investment pieces which will wear beautifully for years to come.

 Suits and separates are cut in herringbones and hopsacks that lend themselves to a soft, contemporary look. Suitings are lightweight wool, designed to both travel and breathe easily, whilst separates range from lightweight navy cashmere blazers, to soft cream and ecru blended sports coats.

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 The colour palette is ecru and ivory sitting alongside classic navy, English cornflower blue and soft sky blue for a pop of colour.
 Shirting comes in either linen or sea island cottons, in luxurious 2 fold 100s in white, blues and gentle Bengal stripes in pastels, ideal for pairing with your summer suiting or sports coats.

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 Designed by Carey and made by esteemed shirt maker Emma Willis, in her award winning Gloucestershire workshop using traditional techniques, featuring hand trimmed and turned collars, cuffs and single-needle stitching. Finished with a split-yoke for comfort, easy-wearing button-cuffs and mother of pearl buttons.
Campbell worked with Emma Willis not only to produce the perfectly proportioned spread collar to sit beneath a tailored jacket, but has also created an entirely new shirt silhouette, exclusive to Huntsman.
 In two fits (slim and classic), every shirt features a gentle hourglass waist and clean sleeves that define the figure without being either too slim or too loose. The shirting mirror’s the perfect lines of Huntsman’s signature one-button suit coat and are designed to sit perfectly beneath their tailoring.

Sports coats are half-lined for comfort and finished with patch pockets for a relaxed aesthetic, whilst a generous selection of separate trousers in either summer-weight cotton or lightweight wool, offers the perfect pairing.

 Campbell has also introduced a range of sophisticated, perennial eveningwear looks, creating our iconic house-style dinner dress in ready-to-wear withthe  signature shawl-collar single- breasted dinner suit in black barathea,and midnight blue single-breasted dinner jacket.

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HUNTSMAN OPENS FIRST LOCATION OFF OF SAVILE ROW WITH NEW YORK’S 57TH STREET PIED-A-TERRE

Making actual history, Huntsman is now the first Savile Row tailor to have ‘opened up shop’ in New York, with their new ‘appointment only’ pied-a-terre on 57th Street.
The pied-a-terre marks the first Huntsman location outside of Savile Row.

With an estimated 60 percent of Huntsman’s clientele being based in the U.S., the 57th Street location will serve as an environment where the brand can privately host and provide a further elevated service to clients.

The pied-a-terre, intimate and private in nature in midtown Manhattan, Huntsman New York will be located at 130 West 57th Street, 7th floor, and appointments may be made by email or phone.

 “In a 167 year old business, there are traditions to nurture and others to challenge. While making garments by hand in a similar was as they were in 1849 ensures a quality rarely equaled with modern techniques, in today’s world, I felt we should be closer and able to better serve our clients in America, where the largest Huntsman client base lives and works. A New York presence was a logical next step, and with our pied-a-terre we’re able to bring a little bit of our iconic Savile Row environment to the U.S.” says Pierre Lagrange, Chairman and Owner of Huntsman, regarding the New York opening.
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