New Management Settles In At Huntsman, The Pride Of London’s Savile Row

A stone’s throw from the flagships of various global luxury behemoths on New Bond Street, the gentlemen’s tailors of Savile Row remain steadfast in their devotion to tradition and understatement. Bells tinkle in mahogany doorways to sound a customer’s arrival; swaths of checks, wool and herringbone from the finest mills in Britain are piled high; and cutters sit hunched in basements and poky back rooms to fulfill orders for wealthy clients around the world. But behind the scenes here in London’s Mayfair district, many of the small businesses have been in flux as they try to keep pace with the changes transforming the men’s wear market. Read more at The New York Times.