Always.
Dhruva: Go to The Burlington Arms!
What are your thoughts on the current diversity of Savile Row?
Jenny: It depends on how you want to measure it. How much is enough? Because traditionally, it is a Western, European gentleman’s service. And usually, a very discreet service between clients and tailors — both of whom would be men. It’s a difficult question, but it’s definitely a lot more diverse now compared to when I first started.
One of the things that takes a lot of people by surprise when they don’t work on Savile Row, is the amount of women that are cutters, tailors and front-of-house. While traditionally it’s been ‘for white men, by white men’, it’s actually all based on skill set and application.
Dhruva: If you look at diversity as a variety of perspectives and experiences that can speak to different people, then it’s good business to have diversity, right? You can even see in our shop, we can speak to everyone. Whether I see that as the goal or just something that makes sense and creates an environment that is warm and welcoming and works for the people who work there as well, I don’t know if going after more diversity in staff explicitly [for the sake of diversity] is better than just being more warm and open in general.
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