{"id":1451,"date":"2013-04-22T13:32:47","date_gmt":"2013-04-22T10:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/?p=1451"},"modified":"2013-04-22T13:36:26","modified_gmt":"2013-04-22T10:36:26","slug":"interview-with-russell-howarth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/interview-with-russell-howarth\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Russell Howarth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Russell Howarth,\u00a044, Head Cutter at Graham Browne Bespoke Tailors with\u00a08 Years City and Guilds apprenticeship.\u00a0When I was a teenager I was a mod and that interest in sharp suits made me want to make suits. I got a job at a East End CMT workroom. For the first three years I did nothing but tailoring, spending my evenings remaking patterns and trying out different ways of making sleeves.\u00a0My knowledge has come from as many areas as possible, from the people I\u2019ve worked with, from books and experience trying out things for myself. If something works, then I used it, if not, then you know not to do it again.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/wp-content\/pictures\/2013\/04\/Interview_with_Russell_Howarth_at_Keikari_dot_com.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-1452\" alt=\"Interview_with_Russell_Howarth_at_Keikari_dot_com\" src=\"http:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/wp-content\/pictures\/2013\/04\/Interview_with_Russell_Howarth_at_Keikari_dot_com.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/wp-content\/pictures\/2013\/04\/Interview_with_Russell_Howarth_at_Keikari_dot_com.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/wp-content\/pictures\/2013\/04\/Interview_with_Russell_Howarth_at_Keikari_dot_com-200x139.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/wp-content\/pictures\/2013\/04\/Interview_with_Russell_Howarth_at_Keikari_dot_com-300x209.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I dress in a classic English style, traditional suitings and strong English structuring. Our house cut is military-influenced due to past experience as a military tailor. A waisted suit with a semi-roped shoulder. However, we have a very flexible approach to house style and take into account what the customer wants. Recently there has been a lot of demand for Neapolitan style soft tailoring, so we have been making a lot of softer, lighter suits and jackets.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The shop, Graham Browne, is fourty-years-old, mostly producing suits for city workers. I bought the business 5 years ago and have continued to produce suits that fit well for city workers. In the last few years we have also started to expand our repertoire to Neapolitan jackets and more unusual work. We have undertaken everything from capes to Norfolk jackets to uniforms.\u00a0I used to play lacrosse when I was younger and play golf now.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/wp-content\/pictures\/2013\/04\/Interview_with_Russell_Howarth_at_Keikari_dot_com2.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-1453\" alt=\"Interview_with_Russell_Howarth_at_Keikari_dot_com2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/wp-content\/pictures\/2013\/04\/Interview_with_Russell_Howarth_at_Keikari_dot_com2.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/wp-content\/pictures\/2013\/04\/Interview_with_Russell_Howarth_at_Keikari_dot_com2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/wp-content\/pictures\/2013\/04\/Interview_with_Russell_Howarth_at_Keikari_dot_com2-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/wp-content\/pictures\/2013\/04\/Interview_with_Russell_Howarth_at_Keikari_dot_com2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nIt\u2019s best to invest in classic pieces that are well made. A good piece of tailoring will last many years, so choose something you will want to wear for many years.\u00a0Don\u2019t get wrapped up in buying brands. Know what is well made and what fits you. This will last longer and look better than a suit that is from a brand, but is not well made. It\u2019s good to get informed about quality.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-1454\" alt=\"Interview_with_Russell_Howarth_at_Keikari_dot_com3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/wp-content\/pictures\/2013\/04\/Interview_with_Russell_Howarth_at_Keikari_dot_com3.jpg\" width=\"478\" height=\"717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/wp-content\/pictures\/2013\/04\/Interview_with_Russell_Howarth_at_Keikari_dot_com3.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/wp-content\/pictures\/2013\/04\/Interview_with_Russell_Howarth_at_Keikari_dot_com3-133x200.jpg 133w, https:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/wp-content\/pictures\/2013\/04\/Interview_with_Russell_Howarth_at_Keikari_dot_com3-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/grahambrowne.co.uk\/\">http:\/\/grahambrowne.co.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Pictures:\u00a0\u00a9 Russell Howarth<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Russell Howarth,\u00a044, Head Cutter at Graham Browne Bespoke Tailors with\u00a08 Years City and Guilds apprenticeship.\u00a0When I was a teenager I &#8230; <br \/><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/interview-with-russell-howarth\/\">keep reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[7,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interviews","category-tailors"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1451"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1460,"href":"https:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1451\/revisions\/1460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}