Edward Sexton

Specialties

Bespoke tailors producing stabile row suits for men and women. We also produce bespoke shirts. Now in collaboration with Dominic Sebag-​Montefiore offering made to measure suits.

Best known for making the suits for The Beetles on the Abby road album couver, Mick Jagger’s white wedding suit, Mark Ronson’s wedding suit amongst others.

History

Established in 1969.

«Like Lennon and McCartney, Edward Sexton’s name is inextricably linked with the late Tommy Nutter. Together they opened their shop Nutters which revolutionised Savile Row. Tommy was the witty, charming front man. Edward was the master cutter who took Tommy’s ideas and made them a reality

Edward was only sixteen when he began as an apprentice at Kilgour French and Stanbury with the legendary Fred Stanbury as his mentor. Ferociously ambitious, he spent his days learning from the master of bespoke tailoring and his nights at the London College of Fashion. In 1967 he joined Donaldson, Williams and Ward in the Burlington Arcade where he cut for customers such as the Royal House of Luxembourg. The young Tommy Nutter was working there as a front of house salesman, and a relationship which was to transform the men’s tailoring business was born.

Nutter used his charm to persuade some influential business people and celebrities to invest in a new venture. Nutters opened its doors on Valentine