THE LONDON CUT
Author, broadcaster and curator James Sherwood has written three
Thames & Hudson books:
Savile Row: The Master Tailors of British Bespoke (2010),
Fashion at Royal Ascot: Three Centuries of Thoroughbred Style (2011) and
The Perfect Gentleman: The Pursuit of Timeless Elegance & Style in London (2012).
Both Savile Row and The Perfect Gentleman are published in French and Italian editions.
His relationship with Savile Row began in 2007 when Pitti Immagine Uomo invited him to curate
The London Cut: the first celebratory exhibition of British bespoke tailoring
at the Palazzo Pitti in Florence. The exhibition travelled to the British Ambassador's Residences in Paris and Tokyo. He curated the Archive Room at No 1 Savile Row for
Gieves & Hawkes (2008-2010) and is now archivist for Savile Row founding father
Henry Poole & Co and consults for
Anderson & Sheppard on the house's new shop
at No 17 Clifford Street.
Sherwood broadcasts on royal fashion for ITV This Morning's Luxury Lookback and commentated for the
BBC and
ITV at
the royal wedding and
HM The Queen's Diamond Jubilee.
He is the
editor-at-lagre of men's tailoring bible
The Rake who christened him '
Guardian of Savile Row' and writes The Rake's
Notes From The Row column.
He contributes to the
Daily Telegraph and The World of Interiors and writes a weekly online diary
Letters From Bloomsbury Square. He is currently working on a
novel and consulting as creative consultant for the cabaret at
Brasserie Zedel. Sherwood is the
Savoy hotel's Savoy Museum curator.