Turnbull & Asser

Turnbull & Asser have supplied a wonderful variety of size and colour woven labels for inclusion in Winston Churchill’s portrait. The largest shirt label measures 8cm long and is shown below in Churchill’s chest size 46cm. The smallest label ‘Hand Made in England’ measures just 13mm, and a selection of colours will be used for Churchill’s signature spot bow tie and blue eyes. The smaller tie labels in black, white and brown are also essential and will be used to assemble the detail on Churchill’s face, hat and cigar. I use thousands of dressmaker pins to attach woven garment labels in neat rows, the pins add depth and texture to the work giving a 3D effect. The use of dressmaking pins also reflects the process of making garments.

The work will be exhibited in London later in the year to coincide with the issue of the new five-pound note featuring Sir Winston Churchill.

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Lock & Co Hatters

Lock & Co's celebrated label will the largest to be assembled in Churchill's portrait and will  appear as the ribbon hat trim on his distinguished Homburg. Churchill selected a Lock silk top hat for his wedding day in 1908, returning to Lock & Co in 1911 to order more hats, including his signature Homburg with its tightly curled brim on both sides and a dent or crease in the top of the crown.

Hats are forever linked in history, and as the oldest hat shop in the world Lock & Co will celebrate an amazing 340th birthday in 2016.

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Sir Winston Churchill - label portrait

Working Title - Size 46

The opportunity to assemble a portrait of Sir Winston Churchill has been made possible through collaboration with his preferred outfitters. Churchill was certainly a man of style, choosing Henry Poole & Co, the most famous Savile Row tailor to measure, cut, fit and sew his bespoke three-piece suits.

Turnbull & Asser of Jermyn Street were also favoured by Churchill, pattern cutting and crafting his shirts and spot silk bow ties. Later referring to Churchill simply as size 46 and designing his famous ‘siren suit’.

Our vision of Churchill today would certainly not be complete without the addition of a Homburg hat, first ordered by Churchill from Lock & Co Hatters at No. 6  St. James's Street, London in 1911. Now the oldest hat shop in the world.

Henry Poole & Co, Turnbull & Asser and Lock & Co Hatters are proud to have been of service to Churchill and are delighted to supply their bespoke labels for inclusion in his portrait. The result will be a contemporary image of Britain’s greatest war leader, portrayed through dress and reflecting on quality couture craftsmanship.

Once assembled using thousands of dressmaker pins the portrait will be exhibited in London in 2016, more details and dates to follow.

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HUNTSMAN – WHILE SHEEP GRAZE ON SAVILE ROW - FASHION CAPITAL

Huntsman had a piece commissioned by the fine artist, Joy Pitts displayed in the frontage of No. 11 in the form of a brightly-colored sheep, patterned in pain staking fashion using a combination of Huntsman and Woolmark Labels (100 labels stitched by Woolaton branch of the WI with Merino wool to celebrate the WI centenary) with the help of 450 BBC Get Creative participants...... CONTINUE READING

Work in progress for Savile Row Field Day - 5th October 2015

The Campaign for Wool, led by patron, His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, are bringing the sheep pasture back to Savile Row in October 2015. I am assembling a Merino Sheep to celebrate UK Wool Week in partnership with tailoring house Huntsman, 11 Savile Row. The 1.3 metre canvas will be displayed as part of the celebration to showcase the beauty and versatility of wool. The work in progress will be posted here and on twitter @JoyPitts11.