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Kimberley Megan Lawton, Scissorhands Tailor

2022-08-19T05:25:08.509Z


ART AND MATERIAL (6/7) - Rising star of a new generation excelling in the art of bespoke clothing, this young virtuoso propels the traditional know-how of Savile Row into a new dimension.


If her fingers are covered with silver rings, Kimberley Megan Lawton has gold hands.

In a Tim Burton film, they would have taken the form of magic scissors.

Indeed, in a few years, this discreet and sparkling young woman has come to bring a breath of fresh air along Savile Row.

The name of this small street in the Mayfair district of London is, for any elegant looking for a tailor-made garment, synonymous with excellence and, often, with a certain classicism.

With their deep sofas and their oak furniture, the shops seem immutable.

At number 15, an imperial eagle on the window of Henry Poole & Co., reminds the French that Napoleon III had his habits there, just like, more recently, a prime minister.

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- that Kimberley Lawton cut her teeth as a cutter and honed her skills, initiated at a very young age, in a small village in Yorkshire, before graduating from the prestigious London College…

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