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Henry Poole & Co

The founding house of Savile Row, and the tailor generally credited with cutting the first dinner jacket.

Tailoring & shirtsTrading before 1900Royal Warrant

Photo by Gryffindor, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Poole's moved to Savile Row in 1846 and is the reason the others followed. In 1865 the Prince of Wales asked for a short blue evening coat to wear at Sandringham instead of tails; an American guest saw it, had it copied at home, and the garment took the name of his country club at Tuxedo Park. The order book survives.

The firm holds warrants going back to Queen Victoria and is still owned by the founding family's descendants.

Where
15 Savile Row, W1S 3PJ
Nearest station
Piccadilly Circus · 5 min walk

Hours

Monday09:00 – 17:15
Tuesday09:00 – 17:15
Wednesday09:00 – 17:15
Thursday09:00 – 17:15
Friday09:00 – 17:15
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed

Hours from the page that lists them, checked 11 September 2026.

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