Famous tailoring street Savile Row is marking five decades of the Golden Shears Awards by hosting a two-week celebration during London Fashion Week.

During the showcase, Savile Row tailors will come together to display work from past entrants and winners of the awards.

The work will be displayed in the windows of Savile Row’s tailoring houses, allowing the public to engage with the legacy and future of British tailoring.

The Golden Shears Awards winners and entries from across the UK will be displayed along the length of the street, including at Henry Poole & Co, Huntsman, Richard James, Dege & Skinner, Knatchbull and Clothsurgeon.

Additionally, tailoring school The London Academy of Bespoke will host a two-week dedicated exhibition about the Golden Shears Awards, its history and past winners.

The showcase will be presented by The Pollen Estate, who are a long-term sponsor of the Golden Shears.

Savile Row Bespoke chairman Mark Henderson said: “We are delighted to be partnering with The Pollen Estate in this project.

“For 50 years the Golden Shears have been a wonderful showcase for the hard work and talent of so many brilliant tailors, and it is wholly fitting that Savile Row should celebrate when so many past winners have either come from apprenticeships on the Row or have found careers here having won.”

Last year, luxury bosses called on the government to grant Savile Row suits the same protected status as Melton Mowbray pork pies and Cornish clotted cream.

MPs were urged to widen the Protected Geographical Indication regime to include goods such as Savile Row tailoring and Staffordshire pottery, alongside food and drink.

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