ON Bonfire Night, COUNTRY LIFE hosted a party at No 14, Savile Row, to launch this year’s edition of GENTLEMAN’S LIFE. The building once housed the atelier of Sir Hardy Amies, dressmaker to Elizabeth II, and now operates as Hackett’s bespoke townhouse, J. P. Hackett, where customers can choose every detail of their suit from fabric, styling, lining and trims.
The party welcomed esteemed guests such as Dafydd Jones, Harold Tillman, Viscountess Newport and Caroline Michel, as well as friends of the magazine George Plumptre, William Hanson, Katy Hessel and Sophia Money-Coutts. Historians Alice Loxton and Honor Cargill-Martin, along with comedians Max Fosh and Luke Millington-Drake, also joined in the festivities, with canapés courtesy of Elliott Grover of 45 Park Lane and cocktails served by Savile Row Gin. The party…