[ Est. 1911 · No. 9 Sackville Court · by appointment ]
Cut to the man, never the mannequin.
Selvedge is a made-to-measure house on Sackville Court. Full-canvas coats, hand-padded lapels and cloth drawn from the mill book — cut one figure, one pattern and one suit at a time, the way the trade was learned upstairs from us.
- Bench hours / suit
- 68
- Fittings
- 4
- Cloth books
- 40
[ The cloth ]
Chosen by the yard, off the mill book.
We hold no cloth we would not wear ourselves. Four mills supply the bench; every length is sponged, rested and cut by eye before a shear is trusted to it. Roll each bolt to read the weave.
Midnight Chalk
house clothFox Brothers, Somerset · 13 oz worsted · super 100s
A true blue-black that reads charcoal under a boardroom light, drawn through with a soft chalk stripe. The one we cut most, and the one we married in.
cloth from £180 / mLudlow Herringbone
country weightAbraham Moon, Yorkshire · 15 oz woollen · broken herringbone
A heavier cloth with a broken herringbone that catches the light in weather. The coat for grey months and long platforms.
cloth from £145 / mSackville Birdseye
everyday greyFox Brothers, Somerset · 11 oz worsted · pin birdseye
A quiet mid-grey speckled with a white pin at each intersection. The suit that never announces itself and never wears out its welcome.
cloth from £160 / mPrince’s Glen
a little colourLovat Mill, Hawick · 12 oz · glen check, burgundy overcheck
Glen check crossed by a single burgundy line — as much colour as a gentleman needs, and no more. For the man who wants the room to notice slowly.
cloth from £170 / m[ Your measure ]
Nineteen measures. One of you.
A pattern begins as numbers taken by hand — over the shirt, two fingers of ease, the tape reading the figure and not the fashion. Move across the figure to see the five that most shape the coat.
[ On the tape ]
Chest
41½″
Taken over the shirt with two fingers of ease. This is where the drape lives — get it wrong and the whole coat fights the wearer.
Hover a point on the figure, or tab through them, to read each measure.
Illustrative figures for a 40 Regular. Yours are taken at the first fitting and kept in the house ledger for life.
[ The making ]
Four fittings, a hundred hours.
Nothing here is rushed and nothing is glued. A Selvedge coat is built on horsehair canvas, floated by hand and returned to you across four visits — because a suit worn for thirty years can afford to take ten weeks.
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01
The consultation
Cloth, cut and the way you actually stand. We watch you walk, note the drop of a shoulder, and pull bolts from the book until one is obviously right.
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02
The pattern
Your figures become a paper pattern cut to you alone — never a block resized. It is filed under your name and kept for every suit that follows.
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03
The baste fitting
The coat in skeleton — held together with white basting thread. Chalk in hand, we take it apart on your back and mark every correction the pattern cannot predict.
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04
The forward fitting
Canvas set, sleeves hung, the balance corrected. This is where a made-to-measure coat becomes yours — the collar hugging, the chest clean, the drape at rest.
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05
The finish
Hand-felled linings, worked buttonholes, a soft roll pressed into the lapel — and your name stitched inside the breast pocket, where only you will find it.
[ Book a fitting ]
Come and be measured.
First fittings are by appointment, Tuesday to Saturday, on Sackville Court. Tell us a little of what you have in mind and we will write back to arrange a time — and set aside a cloth book worth turning.
- No charge for the first consultation
- Cloth & canvas discussed in the room
- Your pattern kept in the ledger for life