OF course, Bianca Jagger was one of many,’ says Edward Sexton with a smile. ‘There was Twiggy and Cilla Black, Linda McCartney, Jean Muir—I dressed her personally…’
The tailor to the stars, now 78, famously created the suit that Mick Jagger wore for his St Tropez wedding in 1971. But he’s also a legend when it comes to women’s suiting and, although the bride wasn’t wearing one of his designs on that particular occasion (her jacket and skirt were YSL), there’s a double-breasted white silk suit of hers in the Sexton archive that might just be— whisper it—even more iconic.
‘Bianca was obviously a very cool, laidback woman and she loved the looks of the 1930s and 1940s,’ Mr Sexton remembers. ‘When we work with a client, we take their personality and lifestyle into consideration; it was a collaboration.’ He talks me through the suit, which is made up of a ‘shortish jacket with no vents and a very generous lapel’ (a Sexton signature) and very full trousers with a high rise he calls ‘Oxford bags’. The effect, as he puts it, is ‘a story you’re telling’. ‘Women are curvaceous, which is one of the wonderful things about dressing them,’ he explains. ‘You can create these incredible lines.’
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Kitchen garden cook - Apples
'Sweet and crisp, apples are the epitome of autumn flavour'
The original Mr Rochester
Three classic houses in North Yorkshire have come to the market; the owner of one inspired Charlotte Brontë to write Jane Eyre
Get it write
Desks, once akin to instruments of torture for scribes, have become cherished repositories of memories and secrets. Matthew Dennison charts their evolution
'Sloes hath ben my food'
A possible paint for the Picts and a definite culprit in tea fraud, the cheek-suckingly sour sloe's spiritual home is indisputably in gin, says John Wright
Souvenirs of greatness
FOR many years, some large boxes have been stored and forgotten in the dark recesses of the garage. Unpacked last week, the contents turned out to be pots: some, perhaps, nearing a century old—dense terracotta, of interesting provenance.
Plants for plants' sake
The garden at Hergest Croft, Herefordshire The home of Edward Banks The Banks family is synonymous with an extraordinary collection of trees and shrubs, many of which are presents from distinguished friends, garnered over two centuries. Be prepared to be amazed, says Charles Quest-Ritson
Capturing the castle
Seventy years after Christian Dior’s last fashion show in Scotland, the brand returned under creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri for a celebratory event honouring local craftsmanship, the beauty of the land and the Auld Alliance, explains Kim Parker
Nature's own cathedral
Our tallest native tree 'most lovely of all', the stately beech creates a shaded environment that few plants can survive. John Lewis-Stempel ventures into the enchanted woods
All that money could buy
A new book explores the lost riches of London's grand houses. Its author, Steven Brindle, looks at the residences of plutocrats built by the nouveaux riches of the late-Victorian and Edwardian ages
In with the old
Diamonds are meant to sparkle in candlelight, but many now gather dust in jewellery boxes. To wear them today, we may need to reimagine them, as Hetty Lintell discovers with her grandmother's jewellery
