The history of Paul Smith tailoring

            How Paul got started and why the Five Pillars of Tailoring are still at the heart of the brand. 
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As we celebrate our Five Pillars of Tailoring, we thought it was only right that we took a brief trip down memory lane... It was over fifty years ago – in 1970 – that Paul set up shop in a windowless three-by-three metre store front in his hometown of Nottingham to sell his first collections of tailoring.
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Paul never received any formal training at the time – instead he turned to his wife Pauline who schooled him in the fundamentals of tailoring as well as the art of pattern cutting and garment making.
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Enlisting the help of the shop's manager, an energetic Afghan Hound named Homer, the designer began carving out a niche for himself in smart but stylish suits, shirts and more – experimenting with coloured linings, fabrics and stitching. 
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Today, Paul Smith’s tailoring remains at the heart of the brand and is still informed by that same ‘classic with a twist’ philosophy and the steadfast belief that formal suits need not be stuffy.
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