Unique Boutique: Budd Shirtmakers

Handsome Haberdashery

An inside look at Budd, the preferred Savile Row shirtmaker of Rothschild, Mountbatten and Gershwin

Shop: Budd Shirtmakers, 3 Piccadilly Arcade, London, buddshirts.co.uk

Backstory: Established in 1910, Budd is the first shirtmaker you see on the walk from Savile Row to Jermyn Street. The label quickly became the one-stop shop for well-heeled gents like Lord Mountbatten, and George Gershwin even wrote a lyric about the store in "The Best of Everything," a song from the 1919 musical "La La Lucille": "My car ...

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