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#1 2009-12-29 19:19:40
- Hard Bop Hank
- Ivy Soul Brother
- From: land of a 1000 dances
- Posts: 4923
Ben Harris
...a Soho tailor who cut American style suits...
Mentioned in a Nick Cohn text...
He might have done Ivy or the earlier American looks, I think. Very hip with British jazz musicians in the mid50s. More expensive than Cecil Gee...
Any pics?
Any memories from JS or Graham Marsh?
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#2 2009-12-30 03:23:50
- Taylor McIntyre
- Son of Ivy...
- Posts: 342
Re: Ben Harris
Better known was Sam Arkus in Soho who also cut Ivy from early on...
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3296/2672080254_a330468d37.jpg
Didn't Richmond Hill use him?
#3 2009-12-31 07:43:39
- Hard Bop Hank
- Ivy Soul Brother
- From: land of a 1000 dances
- Posts: 4923
Re: Ben Harris
You're probably right. I guess, Ben Harris cut the earlier American look in London...
A custom version of the earlier Cecil Gee look, sharp suits for entertainers, matching band stuff.
Sam Arkus must have been later... That's a nice pic by the way...
“No Room For Squares”
”All political art is bad – all good art is political.”
"Would there be any freedom of press or speech if one must reduce his vocabulary to vapid innocuous euphemisms?"