Savile Row has earned its place as an iconic London street, and now carries weight as one of the world’s leading names for tailoring and bespoke menswear. While the formality of a perfectly tailored suit can be closely associated with office and occasionwear, there’s a world that lends itself closely to a lesser-known story of espionage. The Cutler and Gross X Kingsman collaboration returns with a new arsenal of optical styles, fit for everyman and double-agents alike. With each lapel, vent and seam lies a narrative of intelligence—one that questions where suiting and spies first found common ground.
Sean Connery and Anthony Sinclaire, James Bond's original tailor, London 1963.
A Clandestine Affair
An epicentre of sartorial styling, Savile Row was built in the early 1730s by Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, and great arbiter of taste and technicality in fashion. Nearly two centuries later, as London expanded around, it now stands as the go-to for some of the world’s most skilled craftsmen when it comes to tailoring.
Named after Boyle’s first wife Dorothy Savile, the expansion of the area brought with it the growth of residence from the upper echelon—military personnel and members of parliament to notable painters and architects. With this influx of prominent names came the demand for tailors needed to dress this clientele, leading to streets brimming with suitmakers and milliners.
Cut From The Same Cloth
While originally intended to blend in, the uniform of a spy has evolved into something unmistakable: sharp tailoring, distinguished eyewear, and an almost understated confidence. Throughout wartime history and shifting eras of national intelligence, agents relied on anonymity, yet the cultural imagination dressed them in the sharpest suiting from Savile Row.
James Bond author Ian Fleming, 1960.
The silhouette we now associate with espionage owes much to modern-day storytelling. Ian Fleming’s 1953 debut of James Bond marked a turning point, embedding the spy’s wardrobe into public view. “A tailor had come and measured him for two single-breasted suits in dark blue light-weight worsted…” he wrote in Live and Let Die (1954), highlighting not just a character, but an archetype. The spy persona quickly became inseparable from his suit.
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Cutler and Gross X Kingsman 0847 Aviator Optical in Red Havana.
Cutler and Gross X Kingsman
It’s this very mythology of part reality, part literary fiction that laid the foundations for a contemporary reinterpretation of what we picture a spy to wear. Decades after Bond sharpened the outline of the modern secret agent, the Kingsman![]()
franchise reimagined it for a new generation. What began as a comic series centred around an unlikely recruit, evolved into a cinematic celebration of Savile Row’s clandestine reputation.
Director Matthew Vaughn leans into the idea that tailoring itself is a form of armour, where one is refined, discreet, and deceptively powerful. The main character Eggsy, played by Taron Egerton in the films, takes on a transformation of streetwear and baseball caps into double-breasted pinstripes is as symbolic as it is stylish, completed with distinguishable opticals handcrafted and found in the recent Kingsman X Cutler and Gross collection.
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Secret Codes of Savile Row
Savile Row has earned its place as an iconic London street, and now carries weight as one of the world’s leading names for tailoring and bespoke menswear. While the formality of a perfectly tailored suit can be closely associated with office and occasionwear, there’s a world that lends itself closely to a lesser-known story of espionage. The Cutler and Gross X Kingsman collaboration returns with a new arsenal of optical styles, fit for everyman and double-agents alike. With each lapel, vent and seam lies a narrative of intelligence—one that questions where suiting and spies first found common ground.
A Clandestine Affair
An epicentre of sartorial styling, Savile Row was built in the early 1730s by Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, and great arbiter of taste and technicality in fashion. Nearly two centuries later, as London expanded around, it now stands as the go-to for some of the world’s most skilled craftsmen when it comes to tailoring.
Named after Boyle’s first wife Dorothy Savile, the expansion of the area brought with it the growth of residence from the upper echelon—military personnel and members of parliament to notable painters and architects. With this influx of prominent names came the demand for tailors needed to dress this clientele, leading to streets brimming with suitmakers and milliners.
Cut From The Same Cloth
While originally intended to blend in, the uniform of a spy has evolved into something unmistakable: sharp tailoring, distinguished eyewear, and an almost understated confidence. Throughout wartime history and shifting eras of national intelligence, agents relied on anonymity, yet the cultural imagination dressed them in the sharpest suiting from Savile Row.
The silhouette we now associate with espionage owes much to modern-day storytelling. Ian Fleming’s 1953 debut of James Bond marked a turning point, embedding the spy’s wardrobe into public view. “A tailor had come and measured him for two single-breasted suits in dark blue light-weight worsted…” he wrote in Live and Let Die (1954), highlighting not just a character, but an archetype. The spy persona quickly became inseparable from his suit.
Cutler and Gross X Kingsman
It’s this very mythology of part reality, part literary fiction that laid the foundations for a contemporary reinterpretation of what we picture a spy to wear. Decades after Bond sharpened the outline of the modern secret agent, the Kingsman![]()
franchise reimagined it for a new generation. What began as a comic series centred around an unlikely recruit, evolved into a cinematic celebration of Savile Row’s clandestine reputation.
Director Matthew Vaughn leans into the idea that tailoring itself is a form of armour, where one is refined, discreet, and deceptively powerful. The main character Eggsy, played by Taron Egerton in the films, takes on a transformation of streetwear and baseball caps into double-breasted pinstripes is as symbolic as it is stylish, completed with distinguishable opticals handcrafted and found in the recent Kingsman X Cutler and Gross collection.
Shop The Collection