To the Hunt: England's Most Discreet Tailors - Gardenista
They have a royal warrant over the door, but these tailors of the English hunt still stay as far below the radar as it is possible to be. But that is all the boasting you will hear from this corner of Market Harborough in central England, one of the most anonymous of provincial towns. The people at Frank Hall do not like to talk about their clients so we will show you around discreetly, trying not to make too much noise. A print hanging in a back room of Frank Hall and Sons, in Market Harborough. Nothing about the exterior of the Frank Hall premises, in a quiet part of town, reveals that it is interesting–except for the piles of jodhpurs and richly colored wool socks tossed over the partition in the window and the royal warrant over the door. Jodhpurs and breeches in the making. Evening tail coat for the hunt ball, made with fine British wool. A utilitarian rack of very superior tweed and wool, including some “pink” coats and a Beaufort blue. A bespoke item in the front of the shop. Tweed is worn by regulars in the autumn before the Opening Meet and after the Cheltenham National Hunt Festival in March. View from my window on a winter’s morning, in the heart of Fernie Hunt country. The red coat (never “jacket”) is worn by the Master of the Hunt and various male members of the hunt staff.