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- GENTLEMEN’S TAILORING -
John Musson: Cutting the cloth for over 60 years!
Andrew Musson is the ex-Savile Row tailor with over 25 years experience, and now the only bespoke gentlemen’s tailor in the area. Despite the fact that he’s more commonly called on to create two or three piece suits for the county’s best dressed gents, ranging from £1,295 or £1,695 for a two or three piece suit, being based in a rural county, he’s also increasingly called upon to create shooting clothing and tweed sports jackets. “Tweed has enjoyed a real resurgence in recent years,” he says. “It's become fashionable, even our wedding hire customers want tweed suits and waistcoats for their big day. We’ve a popular range of ready to wear sports jackets from about £350, plus an online shop where customers can design their own jackets and have them made to
“WE’VE BEEN CUTTING FOR THOSE WHO ARE KEEN ON FIELDSPORTS FOR DECADES, WITH A RANGE OF TECHNICAL JACKETS, PLUS FOURS & CAPS...”
Andrew’s father, John Musson, this month celebrates over 60 years working in the industry. The Lincoln-born businessman studied in Nottingham before working on London’s Regent Street for bespoke tailors Chamberlain & Jones.
order from around £495 with a four to six week turnaround.” “Our made-to-measure (laser cut off site) and bespoke (cut and tailored in house) service can both turn a range of 100s of British cloths into jackets and two or three piece suits for discerning clients from around £795 and £1,100 respectively.” “Whilst tweed has been popularised, it has its origins in the shooting market, and we’ve been cutting for those keen on fieldsports for decades. Our ‘technical’ shooting range includes gunpatches, vents for extra give under the arm, and cartridge pockets.” ■ Over the page, we’ve suggestions from Andrew’s previous commissions in tweed.
He returned to the area in the 1990s and set up for business on Lincoln’s High Street. In 2008, his son Andrew returned to the area after 25 years working on Savile Row and today, the two work alongside one another on Lincoln’s High Street. The two are the only bespoke tailors in the area. ■
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