January 2010 - USA Travel Itinerary

Steed are happy to announce the January 2010 USA Itinerary & due to the continued success of the Washington DC trip, Edwin will again be visiting The Capital.
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Chicago 

Monday, 18th, January

The Drake Hotel

140 East Walton Pl

312 787 2200




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Washington DC 

Wednesday, 20th January

The Hay-Adams Hotel

Sixteenth & H Streets

N.W. Washington

202 638 6600

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New York


Friday, 22nd January & Saturday, 23rd January

The Kimberly Hotel 

145 east 50th Street

212 755 0400



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Boston

Monday, 25th January & Tuesday, 26th January, till noon

The Eliot Hotel

370 Comnmonwealth Ave.

617 267 1607



Congratulations to the staff at the Eliot Hotel after being voted the #1 Small Hotel in the US & Canada and One of the Top 20 Hotels in the World! By Travel & Leisure - August 2009
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I look forward to meeting customers, old & new alike and as always I will be offering both my Semi-Bespoke & Bespoke service. 

I carry a wide selection of cloths but if anyone has any particular requestes for a certain bunch, please don't hesitate to ask. 

Obviously the days between cities I will be traveling. However, there maybe an opportunity to see customers, late afternoon, early evening of those days. 

If you’d like to make an appointment, I would appreciate it if you could contact me prior to the trip, so that I can organise my day to accommodate everyone. 

Best regards, 

Edwin DeBoise 

Steed Bespoke Tailors 

+44 (0) 20 7287 7227 

http://www.steed.co.uk/ 

http://www.steeds-view.blogspot.com/ 

edwin@steed.co.uk 

RVR Neckwear

On my recent October trip to The USA I had the pleasure of meeting Robert Valdes-Rodriguez. RVR to many friends, colleagues and business partners.

As a former Wall Street executive, Robert had a ‘lucky’ tie, one that he always wore to important meetings and client pitches. After twenty successful years with his ‘lucky’ tie, it got old and frayed. Robert's fruitless search for a replacement led him to design his own. It quickly turned into a passion, ultimately resulting in a collection, simply named RVR.

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Robert’s new ‘lucky’ tie: Signature, Oxford Blue #99

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RVR is a men’s luxury neckwear company.
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They're exclusive and passionate about exceeding the demands of the discriminating man and have entered this market because they believe that the best tie you’ve ever worn is the one you are viewing on their site. 


All of the RVR ties are exclusive silks, woven by the world’s most heralded mills and are hand tailored to perfection. The results are ties that have been so carefully crafted, you can’t help but see and feel the difference.
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Robert's philosophy is if you're running a global board meeting, dressing for opening night in Vienna or on the way to your Hampton's retreat. 
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Wherever in the world you are, whatever you’re doing, you take pleasure in perfection. The texture of a ’61 Latour. The fit of a Savile Row (Steed) suit. The engineering of an Italian roadster.

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The RVR man and RVR ties. Both extraordinarily refined. 
Each a quiet statement in high style.

I will have a catalogue of the RVR Neckwear collection with me when I visit the USA in January 2010.

Alternativly, check out Robert's website and blog.

http://www.rvrneckwear.com/

http://rvrneckwear.blogspot.com/

Steed's Christmas Season Special

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Steed is happy to announce a Christmas Season Special.

We are offering a free Made to Measure Shirt with every two or three-piece semi-bespoke suit or any order of a sports jacket and trousers during December.

If ordering two suits, you will receive three shirts.

If ordering a Bespoke two or three-piece suit or sports jacket and trousers, you will receive two Made To Measure Shirts.

If ordering two Bespoke suits you will recieve five shirts. Same applies if ordering a two sports jackets and trousers.

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With a wide selection of fabrics to choose from you should be able to find something suitable to your tastes.

For further details or if you wish to make an appointment, please don’t hesitate to call or email.

Best regards,

Matthew DeBoise

Steed Bespoke Tailors

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For a few miles more!

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I'm happy to announce an extra trip to Chicago, USA this December.

Partly because I do love Chicago & also that I'm a few miles short on my Platinium status with American Airlines & the easiest way to aquire them is, a round trip from Manchester (UK), so I thought "what the heck."

Chicago

Friday, 4th December & Saturday, 5th December 2009

The Drake Hotel

140 East Walton Pl

312 787 2200

There is a chance that I could accomodate customers late afternoon/early evening on Thursday, 3rd December and Sunday morning if need be.

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I look forward to meeting customers, old & new alike and as always I will be offering both my Semi-Bespoke & Bespoke service.

I carry a wide selection of cloths but if anyone has any particular requests for a certain bunch, please don't hesitate to ask.

If you’d like to make an appointment, I would appreciate it if you could contact me prior to the trip, so that I can organize my day to accommodate everyone.

Best regards,

Edwin DeBoise

011 44 20 7287 7227

Steed Bespoke Tailors

edwin@steed.co.uk

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Restyling & Refashioning at the V&A

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Andrea Nixon (Steed Bespoke Tailors)... who was this years Rising Star Winner in The 2009 Golden Shears tailoring competition, has been selected along with the other winners to exibit their garments at the world famous Victoria & Albert Musuem (V&A), in London.

They're setting up a tailoring studio, where they will be exibiting their work. Also they will be offering advice to anyone that is interested in tailoring and how to restyle and recycle their wardrobe.

This is part of the "Restyling and Refashioning" event day, taking place on Saturday, 14th November 2009. It is being held in the Sackler Centre, of the V&A, between 10:30am and 4:00pm, and is free to the genaral public, some activities are ticket.

This reinforces what we were discussing in our previous post, with today's society of "Make do and Mend".

There are various events taking place throughout the day, including guest speakers advising people on updating their wardrobes. One of the attractions is a major Clothes Swap/Swishing event. This is a new craze which is becoming very popular. The basic idea, is that people take clean, good quality clothes and accessories, which they no longer want, and swap them with people for garments that they do want. There is no money involved and people should go away with new clothes that they really want!

On the day Andrea will be exhibiting her jacket and skirt that came third place in the Golden Shears competition, and received the Rising Star Award, March 2009. The competition is organised by The Merchant Taylors Company.

Andrea's entry for the contest was completly bespoke, especially since she designed, dyed the yarns and hand wove the cloth for the garments herself. The cloth is made from lambs wool and cotton, so it has a nice soft drape and feel to it, which goes hand in hand with the Steed House Style. The colour of the cloth is rich teal green, which helps give a luxury look to the outfit. The entries were marked on design, cutting, tailoring and style. The judges for the competition included David Furnish, Caryn Franklin, Patrick Grant, Marek Reichman and James Sherwood.

In the tailoring studio, Andrea will be able to explain to visitors how she made the pieces from beginning to end. She has step by step photographs showing the process, to make it easier for people to see the development of the making procedure. This will be interesting for people to see as some very complex techniques are involved. As the jacket will also be there on display people will be able to examine the time consuming details that adorn the jacket, such as beading around collar, lapels, and belt, along with the hand dyed silk lining.