Dege & Skinner

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Dege & Skinner
FormerlyJ.Dege & Sons
Company type Private company
Industry Retailer
Founded1865;160 years ago (1865)
FounderJ. Dege and Sons
William Skinner Jr.
Headquarters,
Area served
Worldwide
Products Clothing, Fashion
Website dege-skinner.co.uk

Dege & Skinner is an English bespoke gentleman's tailor and shirt-maker located at 10 Savile Row, London. Founded in 1865, they are one of the oldest, continually operated bespoke tailoring companies in the world. They have the Row's first and only permanent on-site, bespoke shirt service. [1]

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The company has obtained three royal warrants of appointment: Queen Elizabeth II (1984), the Sultan of Oman (1981), and the King of Bahrain (2003). [1] The firm provides bespoke and military tailoring, as well as selling a ready-to-wear collection, with almost half of their customers residing overseas. [2]

History

Dege & Skinner business was originally based on catering for the needs of the British Army and the Royal Navy, and hence by association with the British Royal family.

During the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953, Dege & Skinner dressed the Peers of the Realm at Westminster Abbey. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Our Shirt Making". Dege & Skinner. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  2. "Dege & Skinner's breaks with tradition to stay in business". The Economic Times. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  3. "Savile Row Breaks With Tradition E-Mailing Suit Clients: Retail". Bloomberg Business Week. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.

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