Given the sheer amount of books about the Row this year, you’d be forgiven for thinking we’d already covered this. This book claims to be the definitive guide to all things Saville (a dangerous promise) and has a foreword by Tom Ford, who some might argue isn’t exactly the poster child for British tailoring. Nitpicks aside, it looks like it’ll be a good read. (C Store)

More looks inside Savile Row Book after the click.

With the depreciating British Sterling, NYT “The Moment” reports in on how the Dollar spenders are getting a great rate on some of Savile Row’s best. “However, the United States has offset some of the decrease in the English domestic market. ‘On our recent trip to New York, we saw more and more dentists, surgeons and lawyers who aren’t so affected by the financial crisis come to us,’ Cundey added. Stuart Lamprell, who has outfitted celebrities like David Beckham and Tom Cruise, concurs. His suits start at about $3,100, down from $4,400 a year ago.”

Read more at The Moment.

Savile Row is now graced by the mighty power of Lucas Ossendrijver’s  Lavin Menswear Shop. Whats curious about this shop is not that its a first (clearly the Paris flagship hold that crown, but for what it houses inside. Mr. Blanks at men.style says, "he brand’s concession at Dover Street Market whetted appetites for more, and the Savile Row store delivers it—all the clothes…all the clothes. But the fashion completist in me is drawn to the shoes." The shop is now open at 32 Savile Row. Stop on in and be sure to remove your sunglasses.

DNR reports, "Alber Elbaz’s rejuvenation of Lanvin is spreading further into the men’s department, with a new-look store coming to London’s Savile Row this fall…The 1,600-square-foot boutique at 30-32, which will replace an outmoded unit on New Bond Street, will showcase the French brand’s runway collection, its classic 15 Faubourg line plus made-to-measure, a pillar of Lanvin’s men’s wear business since the ‘20s." (photo via HC)