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'''Cad and the Dandy''' is an independent [[tailoring]] company based in [[London]], [[England]] with premises on [[Savile Row]] and in [[City of London|the City]].<ref name="telegraph">{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/businessclub/gloombusters/7354378/Cad-and-the-Dandy-well-suited-to-cutting-it-in-the-tailoring-business.html |title=Cad and the Dandy well suited to cutting it in the tailoring business|date=4 March 2010|publisher=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |accessdate=28 September 2010 |location=London}}</ref> It sells [[bespoke suit]]s, manufactured from English and Italian [[fabric]]s, and using traditional tailoring methods, at a lower price than the traditional Savile Row houses.<ref name="CityAM">{{cite web|url=http://www.cityam.com/lifestyle/fashion/the-city-boys-offering-cut-above|title=The City boys offering a cut above|date=24 September 2010|publisher=[[City AM]] |accessdate=28 September 2010}}</ref>
'''Cad and the Dandy''' is an independent [[tailoring]] company based in [[London]], [[England]] with premises on [[Savile Row]] and in [[City of London|the City]].<ref name="telegraph">{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/businessclub/gloombusters/7354378/Cad-and-the-Dandy-well-suited-to-cutting-it-in-the-tailoring-business.html |title=Cad and the Dandy well suited to cutting it in the tailoring business|date=4 March 2010|publisher=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |accessdate=28 September 2010 |location=London}}</ref> It sells [[bespoke suit]]s, manufactured from English and Italian [[fabric]]s, and using traditional tailoring methods, at a lower price than the traditional Savile Row houses.<ref name="CityAM">{{cite web|url=http://www.cityam.com/lifestyle/fashion/the-city-boys-offering-cut-above|title=The City boys offering a cut above|date=24 September 2010|publisher=[[City AM]] |accessdate=28 September 2010}}</ref>
The company was founded in 2008 by James Sleater and Ian Meiers, two [[City of London]] [[bankers]] who were both made redundant from their jobs in the [[2008 financial crisis]]. It has attracted local, national and international press coverage, including being listed by [[British GQ|''British GQ'']] in their 2018 ''[http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/savile-row-tailors-london Savile Row Tailors]'' guide, ''[[The Guardian]]'' in the Courvoisier Future 500,<ref name="CityAM"/><ref name="Future500">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/courvoisier500/50-of-the-best-fashion|title=Future 500 - Fashion and Retail|publisher=[[The Guardian]] |accessdate=28 September 2010|location=London|date=7 December 2009}}</ref> and in July 2010 the founders won the Bento Entrepreneur of the Year Award at the [[Macworld|Macworld Awards]].<ref name="Macworld">{{cite web|url=http://www.macworld.co.uk/business/news/index.cfm?newsid=3233264|title=Macworld Awards: Winners Cad and The Dandy profiled|date=27 July 2010|publisher=[[Macworld]] |accessdate=28 September 2010}}</ref>
The company was founded in 2008 by James Sleater and Ian Meiers, two [[City of London]] [[bankers]] who were both made redundant from their jobs in the [[2008 financial crisis]]. It has attracted local, national and international press coverage, including being listed by ''[[The Guardian]]'' in the Courvoisier Future 500,<ref name="CityAM"/><ref name="Future500">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/courvoisier500/50-of-the-best-fashion|title=Future 500 - Fashion and Retail|publisher=[[The Guardian]] |accessdate=28 September 2010|location=London|date=7 December 2009}}</ref> and in July 2010 the founders won the Bento Entrepreneur of the Year Award at the [[Macworld|Macworld Awards]].<ref name="Macworld">{{cite web|url=http://www.macworld.co.uk/business/news/index.cfm?newsid=3233264|title=Macworld Awards: Winners Cad and The Dandy profiled|date=27 July 2010|publisher=[[Macworld]] |accessdate=28 September 2010}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
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==Operations==
==Operations==
Based in London, where the company employs 10 tailors in three workshops,<ref name="telegraph"/><ref name="CityAM"/> it also employs additional staff in an overseas workshop where some of its semi-bespoke suits are made.<ref name="CityAM"/> All suits are made from British or Italian cloth, and are available either in "machine grade" or "hand stitched".<ref name="Macworld"/> Suit prices vary based on the cloth that is used as well as the amount of hand-stitching that is done on the suit.<ref name="CityAM"/> The fully hand-made suits require around 50 hours of stitching, include a basted fitting, and conform to all the specifications for a bespoke suit suggested by the [[Savile Row Bespoke Association]].<ref name="StJamesStyle">{{cite web|url=http://stjames-style.blogspot.com/2010/05/cad-and-dandys-london-cut.html|title=Cad and the Dandy's London Cut|date=26 May 2010|publisher=St James Style Blog |accessdate=28 September 2010}}</ref><ref name="SRBA">{{cite web|url=http://www.savilerowbespoke.com/About_Us/Craftsmanship/Our_standards/Garment_specifications/|title=Garment Specifications|publisher=[[The Savile Row Bespoke Association]]|accessdate=28 September 2010}}</ref> Prices are kept lower than the average for bespoke tailors by requiring payment up-front. This allows Cad and the Dandy to negotiate discounts of 30% to 40% with their suppliers.<ref name="financialtimes">{{cite web|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/707a1d60-5498-11e0-979a-00144feab49a.html#axzz2rFCmkglm|title=Never mind the recession, feel the quality|publisher=[[Financial Times]]|date=4 April 2011|author=Hugo Greenhalgh}}</ref>
Based in London, where the company employs 10 tailors in three workshops,<ref name="telegraph"/><ref name="CityAM"/> it also employs an additional 40 in a workshop in China where most of its entry-level, machine-sewn suits are made.<ref name="CityAM"/> All suits are made from British or Italian cloth, and are available either in "machine grade" or "hand stitched".<ref name="Macworld"/> Suit prices vary based on the cloth that is used as well as the amount of hand-stitching that is done on the suit.<ref name="CityAM"/> The fully hand-made suits require around 50 hours of stitching, include a basted fitting, and conform to all the specifications for a bespoke suit suggested by the [[Savile Row Bespoke Association]].<ref name="StJamesStyle">{{cite web|url=http://stjames-style.blogspot.com/2010/05/cad-and-dandys-london-cut.html|title=Cad and the Dandy's London Cut|date=26 May 2010|publisher=St James Style Blog |accessdate=28 September 2010}}</ref><ref name="SRBA">{{cite web|url=http://www.savilerowbespoke.com/About_Us/Craftsmanship/Our_standards/Garment_specifications/|title=Garment Specifications|publisher=[[The Savile Row Bespoke Association]]|accessdate=28 September 2010}}</ref> Prices are kept lower than the average for bespoke tailors by requiring payment up-front. This allows Cad and the Dandy to negotiate discounts of 30% to 40% with their suppliers.<ref name="financialtimes">{{cite web|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/707a1d60-5498-11e0-979a-00144feab49a.html#axzz2rFCmkglm|title=Never mind the recession, feel the quality|publisher=[[Financial Times]]|date=4 April 2011|author=Hugo Greenhalgh}}</ref>


Cad & The Dandy launched a new flagship store at 13 Savile Row in June 2013.<ref>[http://www.cadandthedandy.co.uk/wardrobe/cad-the-dandy-savile-row-tailor-the-perfect-number13/ Cad & The Dandy, Savile Row Tailor – The Perfect Number:13]</ref> The store is the first on the iconic tailoring street to hand-weave a cloth before making it up into a fully finished suit.<ref>[http://www.drapersonline.com/news/cad-and-the-dandy-launches-savile-row-flagship/5049928.article Cad & The Dandy launches Savile Row flagship]</ref> Believing that Britain’s bespoke tailoring industry was facing a shortage of master tailors, the company established an apprenticeship programme in London, with young would-be tailors joining Cad & The Dandy’s 22 staff members at its three London locations, Savile Row, Birchin Lane and Castle Court.
Cad & the Dandy launched a new flagship store at 13 Savile Row in June 2013.<ref>[http://www.cadandthedandy.co.uk/wardrobe/cad-the-dandy-savile-row-tailor-the-perfect-number13/ Cad & The Dandy, Savile Row Tailor – The Perfect Number:13]</ref> The store is the first on the iconic tailoring street to hand-weave a cloth before making it up into a fully finished suit.<ref>[http://www.drapersonline.com/news/cad-and-the-dandy-launches-savile-row-flagship/5049928.article Cad & The Dandy launches Savile Row flagship]</ref> Believing that Britain’s bespoke tailoring industry was facing a shortage of master tailors, the company established an apprenticeship programme in London, with young would-be tailors joining Cad & the Dandy’s 22 staff members at its three London locations, Savile Row, Birchin Lane and [[Canary Wharf]].<ref>[http://www.bmmagazine.co.uk/columns/opinion/20966/britains-bespoke-tailoring-industry-faces-catastrophic-skill-gap/ Britain’s bespoke tailoring industry faces catastrophic skill gap]</ref>


Fittings are now conducted across the UK, Europe and the [[United States]].<ref name="telegraph"/>
Cad & The Dandy set up another clothing company, Yardsmen, in 2015, specialising in men's hirewear and ready-to-wear suits. Launched in London's Waterloo, they opened their second shop in Cornhill, in the City of London, in early 2018.

In late 2017 Cad & The Dandy bought Scandinavia's oldest tailoring house – Götrich was founded in 1730, in Stockholm, and is tailor to the Swedish Royal House. In 2018 the company expanded its operations in New York, opening a pied-a-terre at 130 W.57th Street, to be followed by a new shop in the city's Soho district. Fittings are conducted across the UK, Europe and the [[United States]].<ref name="telegraph" />

The company will introduce its first ready-to-wear collection in the autumn of 2018.


==Marketing==
==Marketing==
Cad & The Dandy make suits for members of The Royal Family, as well as celebrities from the worlds of sport, film, music and television. A regular feature on Channel 4's Made in Chelsea, the company has a policy to only use its customers and staff for its advertising and marketing campaigns. Since September 2010, the company has run an annual competition to look for the "best dressed banker", with the winner receiving two bespoke suits and two bespoke shirts as the prize.<ref name="efinancial">{{cite web|url=http://www.efinancialnews.com/story/2010-09-30/cad-dandy-best-dressed-banker|title=And the best dressed in the City is...|author=Maryam Omidi|date=30 September 2010|publisher=[[Financial News]] |accessdate=18 November 2010}}</ref><ref name="CNBCbdb">{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/id/39418484/London_s_Best_Dressed_Banker_to_Get_Award|title=London's Best Dressed Banker to Get Award|date=29 September 2010|publisher=[[CNBC]] |accessdate=18 November 2010}}</ref><ref name="expressbdb">{{cite web|url=http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/196254/The-best-dressed-banker-awards-The-best-dressed-banker-awards-The-best-dressed-banker-awards-The-best-dressed-banker-awards-|title=THE BEST DRESSED BANKER AWARDS...|date=29 August 2010|publisher=[[The Daily Express]] |accessdate=18 November 2010}}</ref><ref name="guardianbdb">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2010/oct/03/bankers-fashionable-best-dressed|title=Bankers are fashionable now. Or so they think|author=Tom Meltzer|date=3 October 2010|publisher=[[The Guardian]] |accessdate=18 November 2010|location=London}}</ref>
In 2010, the company began an association with former boxer [[Chris Eubank]], who now designs a range of clothes for the brand.<ref name="IndyEubank">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/chris-eubank-the-dandy-bounces-back-off-the-ropes-ndash-now-hes-the-daddy-2029321.html|title=The dandy bounces back off the ropes – now he's the daddy|date=18 July 2010|publisher=[[The Independent]] |accessdate=28 September 2010|location=London}}</ref> Since September 2010, the company has run an annual competition to look for the "best dressed banker", with the winner receiving two bespoke suits and two bespoke shirts as the prize.<ref name="efinancial">{{cite web|url=http://www.efinancialnews.com/story/2010-09-30/cad-dandy-best-dressed-banker|title=And the best dressed in the City is...|author=Maryam Omidi|date=30 September 2010|publisher=[[Financial News]] |accessdate=18 November 2010}}</ref><ref name="CNBCbdb">{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/id/39418484/London_s_Best_Dressed_Banker_to_Get_Award|title=London's Best Dressed Banker to Get Award|date=29 September 2010|publisher=[[CNBC]] |accessdate=18 November 2010}}</ref><ref name="expressbdb">{{cite web|url=http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/196254/The-best-dressed-banker-awards-The-best-dressed-banker-awards-The-best-dressed-banker-awards-The-best-dressed-banker-awards-|title=THE BEST DRESSED BANKER AWARDS...|date=29 August 2010|publisher=[[The Daily Express]] |accessdate=18 November 2010}}</ref><ref name="guardianbdb">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2010/oct/03/bankers-fashionable-best-dressed|title=Bankers are fashionable now. Or so they think|author=Tom Meltzer|date=3 October 2010|publisher=[[The Guardian]] |accessdate=18 November 2010|location=London}}</ref>


==Critical response==
==Critical response==

Revision as of 19:57, 11 July 2018

Cad and the Dandy
Company typePrivate
IndustryTailoring
Founded2008
FoundersJames Sleater, Ian Meiers
HeadquartersLondon, W1
United Kingdom
Websitewww.cadandthedandy.co.uk

Cad and the Dandy is an independent tailoring company based in London, England with premises on Savile Row and in the City.[1] It sells bespoke suits, manufactured from English and Italian fabrics, and using traditional tailoring methods, at a lower price than the traditional Savile Row houses.[2] The company was founded in 2008 by James Sleater and Ian Meiers, two City of London bankers who were both made redundant from their jobs in the 2008 financial crisis. It has attracted local, national and international press coverage, including being listed by The Guardian in the Courvoisier Future 500,[2][3] and in July 2010 the founders won the Bento Entrepreneur of the Year Award at the Macworld Awards.[4]

History

Cad and the Dandy was founded in 2008. The founders met through a supplier as both pursued a similar business idea independently, and they agreed to work together to start the company, each contributing £20,000 of initial capital.[5] Both had family connections to the tailoring industry, giving them knowledge helpful in launching the new company.[1]

After initially conducting fittings in rented office space, they came to an arrangement with Chittleborough & Morgan to allow appointments in their shop on Savile Row. In October 2009, the company opened its first permanent store in the City of London.[6]

The company achieved a turnover of £1.3M in 2010, and was listed by The Guardian in the Courvoisier Future 500.[2][3] In July 2010 the founders won the Bento Entrepreneur of the Year Award at the Macworld Awards[4] and in July 2013 they opened permanent premises on Savile Row.[7]

Operations

Based in London, where the company employs 10 tailors in three workshops,[1][2] it also employs an additional 40 in a workshop in China where most of its entry-level, machine-sewn suits are made.[2] All suits are made from British or Italian cloth, and are available either in "machine grade" or "hand stitched".[4] Suit prices vary based on the cloth that is used as well as the amount of hand-stitching that is done on the suit.[2] The fully hand-made suits require around 50 hours of stitching, include a basted fitting, and conform to all the specifications for a bespoke suit suggested by the Savile Row Bespoke Association.[8][9] Prices are kept lower than the average for bespoke tailors by requiring payment up-front. This allows Cad and the Dandy to negotiate discounts of 30% to 40% with their suppliers.[5]

Cad & the Dandy launched a new flagship store at 13 Savile Row in June 2013.[10] The store is the first on the iconic tailoring street to hand-weave a cloth before making it up into a fully finished suit.[11] Believing that Britain’s bespoke tailoring industry was facing a shortage of master tailors, the company established an apprenticeship programme in London, with young would-be tailors joining Cad & the Dandy’s 22 staff members at its three London locations, Savile Row, Birchin Lane and Canary Wharf.[12]

Fittings are now conducted across the UK, Europe and the United States.[1]

Marketing

In 2010, the company began an association with former boxer Chris Eubank, who now designs a range of clothes for the brand.[13] Since September 2010, the company has run an annual competition to look for the "best dressed banker", with the winner receiving two bespoke suits and two bespoke shirts as the prize.[14][15][16][17]

Critical response

Cad and the Dandy suits have received positive reviews from style commentators and bloggers, who note the high quality of cloth and tailoring, the strong customer service and the flexibility in customisation options.[18] User reviews on sites such as Qype have been positive, with reviews praising the fit, the service, and the willingness to cater to unusual requests.[19]

Mainstream news sources such as the Daily Telegraph have focused on the company's growth and strong financial performance, and on the entrepreneurship of its founders, especially following the loss of their jobs.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Cad and the Dandy well suited to cutting it in the tailoring business". London: The Daily Telegraph. 4 March 2010. Retrieved 28 September 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "The City boys offering a cut above". City AM. 24 September 2010. Retrieved 28 September 2010.
  3. ^ a b "Future 500 - Fashion and Retail". London: The Guardian. 7 December 2009. Retrieved 28 September 2010.
  4. ^ a b c "Macworld Awards: Winners Cad and The Dandy profiled". Macworld. 27 July 2010. Retrieved 28 September 2010.
  5. ^ a b Hugo Greenhalgh (4 April 2011). "Never mind the recession, feel the quality". Financial Times.
  6. ^ "Our New Shop". Cad and the Dandy. 7 October 2009. Retrieved 28 September 2010.
  7. ^ Cad & The Dandy, Savile Row Tailor – The Perfect Number:13
  8. ^ "Cad and the Dandy's London Cut". St James Style Blog. 26 May 2010. Retrieved 28 September 2010.
  9. ^ "Garment Specifications". The Savile Row Bespoke Association. Retrieved 28 September 2010.
  10. ^ Cad & The Dandy, Savile Row Tailor – The Perfect Number:13
  11. ^ Cad & The Dandy launches Savile Row flagship
  12. ^ Britain’s bespoke tailoring industry faces catastrophic skill gap
  13. ^ "The dandy bounces back off the ropes – now he's the daddy". London: The Independent. 18 July 2010. Retrieved 28 September 2010.
  14. ^ Maryam Omidi (30 September 2010). "And the best dressed in the City is..." Financial News. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
  15. ^ "London's Best Dressed Banker to Get Award". CNBC. 29 September 2010. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
  16. ^ "THE BEST DRESSED BANKER AWARDS..." The Daily Express. 29 August 2010. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
  17. ^ Tom Meltzer (3 October 2010). "Bankers are fashionable now. Or so they think". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
  18. ^ "Cad and the Dandy Part 2: Perfecting The Suit". Men's Flair. 8 March 2009. Retrieved 28 September 2010.
  19. ^ "Cad & The Dandy, City of London, London". Qype.

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