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Savile Row's first female master tailor

Savile Row in central London is a street of Georgian houses and shopfronts that's become synonymous around the world with bespoke tailoring. For much of its long history, it's been man's world: men making made to measure suits for other men. But now for the first time in more than two hundred years, a woman will have her name above the door of a Savile Row tailors. Kathryn Sargent will be the street's first master tailor. She told James Menendez what it means for her:
(Picture: Kathyrn Sargent in front of display of suits / Credit: Jonathan Hordle/REX)

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