Gregory Peck: Style archive of an icon
Fabulous exhibition at Huntmans’, the Saville Row tailor, of clothes they had made for Gregory Peck. This is a most unexpected exhibition. To start with the window is great and it took me a while to work out there was more inside. All the staff were really welcoming and were happy to talk about the clothes and to show me how the volume worked on the hand sets. The clothes were on tailors’ dummies with an ipad where the head would be with a rolling series of portraits of Peck. Next to each was a video telling you what the outfit was and if there was film of it being worn they showed that. It was amazing to see the film of him getting his Oscar, next to the jacket he wore and the Oscar itself. All the clothes were so timeless and elegant. I was also lovely to see them in the shop which had an old fashion yet vibrant feeling. I think the best word to describe it would be classy. Just to add to the experience while chatting to one of the assistants he told me that th...