Golden Shears celebrates the next generation of tailors in the UK. First prize: The Merchant Taylors’ Golden Shears and £3,000.
Every two years we host a competition to bring together the very best fashion students and apprentice tailors from around the country and showcase their creative and technical excellence The Golden Shears Award is a bespoke tailoring competition held at the Merchant Taylors’ Hall every two years. It is a unique opportunity for tailoring apprentices and students from across the UK to show their cra
01/04/2020
Golden Shears Award 2017 finalist Kimberly Lawton talking to GQ about the tailoring house she has co-founded to push the stylistic boundaries of bespoke craft tailoring further.
Meet the two young tailors refashioning London's bespoke scene Kimberley Lawton and Joshua Dobrik are quickly working their way up the sartorial ladder...
12/11/2019
The Savile Row Academy produced this year's Golden Shears Winner Rachel Singer, here are a few words from the school's director Andrew Ramroop OBE.
'Savile Row was very much a closed shop' Andrew Ramroop OBE said he was once told to work in the back of a shop on Savile Row because he was not white.
28/08/2019
Congratulations to Mariah Esa, Golden Shears 2019 Finalist, for winning a Graduate Fashion Week Award. Mariah used wasted clothing labels to create new garments.
The label queen fighting fast fashion waste Mariah Esa's designs have been praised by the likes of Vivienne Westwood.
17/06/2019
GS19 winner Rachel Singer featured in this month's Country Life Magazine as a symbol of the new generation of British talent.
15/04/2019
Golden Shears winner Rachel Singer interviewed in today's Daily Telegraph
Why the future of tailoring is female: the Golden Shears Awards, searching out Savile Row's newest stars It’s been 45 years since the then-president of the Federation of Merchant Tailors launched its biannual Golden Shears Awards, during which time its role in unearthing new talent in an industry that tends to forego self-publicity in favour of dutiful discretion has found its own voice.
01/04/2019
The Jackal magazine writes about what this year's Golden Shears Award tells us about the future of bespoke tailoring.
The future of Savile Row is female With three female looks and two female tailors winning the top awards at the Golden Shears, Savile Row is no longer just a man's world
Finalist Lauren McNicholl's evening tailcoat with black floral embroidery over black wool trouser with braces. Lauren is an apprentice at Oliver Brown, Chelsea.
Finalist Taroneh Dorodi's three quarter coat, waistcoat and matching trousers with patch pocket detail. Taroneh studies at Leeds Arts University.
Finalist Samantha Fenwick's patterned jacket with shawl style lapel and double fronted dungaree. Samantha is an apprentice at Carl Stuart Bespoke Tailors, Yorkshire.