Turning a Classic into Something Instantly Modern
H
aving started out from a humble market stall in the Portobello Road Self taught designer/ tailor/ Oliver Spencer founded his own brand, Favourbrook, in unusually reasonable premises in Jermyn St. In 2002 he expanded by creating his own eponymous clothes label that, first emanating from a little shop front in Lamb’s Conduit Street, is now synonymous with
no nonsense, extremely well made gentleman’s clothing that, both traditional and modern, is made from the finest materials money can buy. Indeed, his maxim ‘Quality needn’t mean formality; casual needn’t mean careless’ speaks volumes about the man who now has five shops, a thriving online retail presence is stocked by most of the world’s leading department stores and adored by thousands of males from Daniel Day Lewis to Rio Ferdinand. As such we thought a little chat might be in order.
By Style Editor Chris Sullivan
Photos of Oliver by Eliza Hill
Oliver Spencer