House cut
The Sackville Suit
£1,195Two-piece, 11oz British worsted
£1,195
- Navy Chalk Stripe
- Charcoal Flannel
- Mid-Grey Sharkskin
Autumn cloth · Season 95
Cut in London. Worn for decades.
Suits and jackets drafted by the cutters at Heddon Yard in British worsteds, flannels and tweeds - offered in three house fits, finished by hand and altered free for as long as you own them.
I
British cloth
Worsteds from Huddersfield, flannels from the Calder valley, tweed from the Hebrides.
II
Three house fits
Slim, Tailored and Classic - drafted on the same block, so your size never moves.
III
Alterations for life
Free hemming, sleeves and waist adjustments for as long as you own the piece.
The wardrobe
Departments of the house
On the rail this week
The cutting-room edit
Every jacket and trouser is offered in three house fits - Slim, Tailored and Classic - cut on the same blocks as our made-to-measure work.
New cloth
The Ashby Three-Piece
£1,495Double-breasted waistcoat, 13oz flannel
£1,495
- Charcoal Flannel
- Brown Glen Check
Archive cloth
Hebridean Tweed Hacking Jacket
Sale price £695Handwoven island tweed, 15oz
Sale price £695Regular price £820
- Heather Herringbone
- Moss Barleycorn
No. 4080
Hopsack Travel Blazer
£595Open-weave 4-ply, unstructured
£595
- Navy Hopsack
- Bottle Green
No. 3846
Awaiting new cloth
Odd Tweed Waistcoat
£225Five-button, with watch pocket
£225
- Heather Herringbone
- Moss Barleycorn
New
Forward-Pleat Flannels
£245Side adjusters, 13oz flannel
£245
- Mid-Grey Flannel
- Charcoal Flannel
- Fawn Flannel
No. 4988
Cavalry Twill Trousers
£265Steep-twill, 16oz
£265
- Stone Twill
- Olive Twill
No. 9462
Two-Fold Poplin Shirt
£145120s two-fold cotton, cutaway collar
£145
- White Poplin
- Pale Blue Poplin
- Bengal Stripe
Made to Measure
Three fittings, one pattern, yours
Sit with a cutter for forty-five minutes. We take twenty-two measurements, draft a paper pattern in your name and keep it on file, then fit the garment twice before it is finished by hand. Six to eight weeks, from £1,650.
- Fitting I
Measure
Forty-five minutes with a cutter. Twenty-two measurements, posture notes and a choice from four hundred cloths.
- Fitting II
Baste
A loosely tacked first fitting about three weeks later, so the pattern can be corrected on your body.
- Fitting III
Finish
A forward fitting, then hand-finishing upstairs. Your paper pattern stays on file for the next one.
Fresh from the cloth room
New arrivals
The cloth room
British cloth, by the bunch
Every cloth we cut is listed with its mill and weight. Choose one on any garment, or bring the swatch to a fitting and we will cut it to your pattern.
- Navy Chalk StripeHolme Valley Mills, Huddersfield11oz / 340g · The Sackville Suit
- Charcoal FlannelHolme Valley Mills, Huddersfield11oz / 340g · The Sackville Suit
- Mid-Grey SharkskinHolme Valley Mills, Huddersfield11oz / 340g · The Sackville Suit
- Brown Glen CheckCalder Worsted Co., West Yorkshire13oz / 400g · The Ashby Three-Piece
- Heather HerringboneIsle of Lewis Weavers, Outer Hebrides15oz / 470g · Hebridean Tweed Hacking Jacket
- Moss BarleycornIsle of Lewis Weavers, Outer Hebrides15oz / 470g · Hebridean Tweed Hacking Jacket
- Navy HopsackHolme Valley Mills, Huddersfield9½oz / 295g · Hopsack Travel Blazer
- Bottle GreenHolme Valley Mills, Huddersfield9½oz / 295g · Hopsack Travel Blazer
Alterations for Life
We will take it in, let it out, and put it right
Every piece of Ashby & Reeve tailoring carries seam allowance for at least two sizes. Bring it back - or post it - and our workroom will alter, re-press and repair it free of charge, for as long as it is yours.
- Hems & turn-ups
- Free, always
- Sleeve length
- Free, always
- Waist & seat
- Free, up to two sizes
- By post
- Prepaid label, ten working days
Most requested at the counter
The regulars
- IThe Sackville SuitTwo-piece, 11oz British worsted£1,195£1,195
- II
Shetland Crew NeckBrushed Shetland wool, saddle shoulder£185£185 - III
Grenadine Silk TieGarza fina, hand-rolled edges£95£95 - IVTwo-Fold Poplin Shirt120s two-fold cotton, cutaway collar£145£145
- VForward-Pleat FlannelsSide adjusters, 13oz flannel£245£245
- VIHebridean Tweed Hacking JacketHandwoven island tweed, 15ozSale price £695
Regular price £820Sale price £695Regular price £820
Heddon Yard, since 1931
Four generations on the cutting board
Walter Ashby and Edwin Reeve opened a two-man workroom off Regent Street in 1931, cutting suits for the clerks and musicians who could not afford the tailors around the corner. They charged less, fitted more often and never turned a customer away for an alteration.
The workroom moved to Heddon Yard in 1958 and has not moved since. Eleven cutters and tailors still draft every pattern by hand, and the house fits sold online are cut from the same paper blocks the made-to-measure customers are fitted on.
- First suit cut off Regent Street
- 1931
- Cutters and tailors in the workroom
- 11
- Paper patterns kept on file
- 4,800
From the fitting room
What our clients write
Letter I
“I bought my first Sackville suit for my wedding in 2014. It has been let out once, re-cuffed once, and I wore it again to my brother’s last spring.”
Letter II
“The Tailored fit is the first off-the-peg jacket that has ever sat on my shoulders properly. The cutter knew my size by looking.”
Letter III
“They hemmed four pairs of trousers by post and sent them back pressed, with a handwritten ticket in each pocket.”
The Cutter’s Letter
New cloth, first
A short letter each month when new bunches arrive from the mills - with first refusal on the short runs before they reach the shop.