Bespoke tailoring has not been on most women's radars, in part, because it has been so closely associated with menswear, but also because it's been sold with the image of 'gentlemen's clubs' and 'country estates'. For me, it's completely the opposite. I want to break those stuffy stereotypes and simply make well made, contemporary clothing for the individual. And did you know that 80% of the Gresham Blake team are female? "Ohh, it's a women's tailor", I still get that a lot. "For goodness sakes, so what?" I've earned my 'pinstripes'. A snippet from 'Breaking the Bias in Tailoring' by Fal Blake |