That’s in addition to the 4,000 brand-new uniforms that were yet to be made back in February, with ten weeks to go.
The insignia supplies one of the Kashkets’ biggest challenges, since every Elizabethan ‘EIIR’ logo on all existing uniforms will have to be replaced. ‘What are you looking at, you nosy bugger?’ he said. When presenter Patrick picked up a royal insignia, the initials C and R (for Charles Rex) entwined around the Roman numeral III, Nathan whipped it out of his hands. Russell’s son Nathan seemed particularly wary of the cameras. Russell is the third generation of royal uniform makers, running the family firm in Tottenham established by his grandfather Alfred.Īlfred was Tsar Nicholas II’s hat-maker until the Russian Revolution, before arriving in London as a refugee, and Kashket’s has made the royal ceremonial uniforms for the past hundred years - including those worn by the Beefeaters at the Tower of London, as well as the military finery for Princes William and Harry on their wedding days.īridal dressmakers for royal weddings, such as David and Elizabeth Emanuel, are celebrities, but the Kashkets are happy to keep a lower profile. ‘The ’ole bloody thing’s covered in gold.’
‘You ain’t gonna see any of that,’ said master tailor Russell Kashket, stroking the material. Savile Row tailor Patrick Grant toured the storeroom at Hainsworth, the Yorkshire manufacturer that supplies much of the material for ceremonial military uniforms, as well as billiards baize, in Coronation Tailors: Fit For A King (BBC2)
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