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AUSTIN REED FEATURES PURE WOOLMARK WOOL (2) GOLD BUTTON CLOSURE (4) GOLD BUTTON CUFFS FULLY LINED FULLY LOADED MADE IN CANADA Austin Reed has an enviable history on the British tailoring high street. Offering an aspiration blend of heritage, craftsmanship and modernity, its designs have become a byword for style and elegance This year Austin Reed, the holder of two Royal Warrants, celebrates its 110th year of dressing for success and has released a limited 110th Anniversary Collection. A Little History of Fashion Mixed With Celebs Back in July 1900, Austin Reed opened his first store on Fenchurch Street in the City of London. Highlights through the years, including concessions on famous passenger liners the Aquitania and the Queens Mary and Elizabeth. Celebrity customers such as the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Rex Harrison, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and Spencer Tracy have throughout the years cemented the brand’s position as an authority in the British tailoring industry Austin Reed also made a name for itself with the production of uniforms for servicemen during World War I and subsequently for both male and female soldiers, admirals, generals, and air marshals in World War II Winston Churchill personally asked Austin Reed to design a suit that could be thrown on as sirens sounded the alarm for an air raid, giving rise to the infamous one-piece siren-suit.