IRISH EXAMINER

Banshee of Savile Row’s Modern Tailoring

For their LFW debut, Banshee of Savile Row took over Mayfair’s Messums Gallery for a salon show and screening of their new film. Ruby Slevin and Rocco Tullio, the design duo behind the partly female-led womenswear venture based out of London’s historic tailoring street and Dublin’s United Arts Club, are elaborating on the possibilities of the suit. When the pandemic first hit two years, the wardrobe staple was proclaimed dead. Slevin and Tullio disagree.

As the first women’s tailoring brand on Savile Row, Slevin and Tullio are ideally poised to rethink what tailoring can mean. “The rules for women are different. You could almost say bespoke suits women more,” says Rocco. Ruby adds, “we want to break every rule”.

With a focus on versatility and separates, rather than full suits, in sumptuous fabrics like seersucker, linen, velvet, corduroy — and with thousands more possibilities available — the pair arrived at something utterly modern for autumn/winter 2022: safari suits, belted with a notched lapel and flared trousers, lean black velvet opera coats, and a work suit in black denim which is made from the finest Loro Piana cotton and linen blend. Entirely made by hand, cut from sustainably sourced cloths from England and Italy, Banshee of Savile Row is asserting that “there’s so much more [to the suit].”

“We wanted to create a considered collection that is the antithesis of the claustrophobia we’ve been collectively experiencing over the last couple of years,” said Slevin. “A bold return to glamour, the garments were conceived as a way of breaking free, endowing the Banshee woman with power, confidence and an appetite for fun.”

The pair enlisted Lee Malone to capture the collection in the sprawling gardens at Birr Castle Demesne, where the collection comes to life amidst the verdant landscapes.

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