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Kilgour

The house that made the grey suit Cary Grant wore in North by Northwest.

1880
Since 1880

A house of the cut.

Kilgour traces its roots to 1880 and became Kilgour & French in 1923, then Kilgour, French and Stanbury in 1937.
The Story

Chapters of Kilgour

I

The house made the grey two piece suit Cary Grant wore in North by Northwest.

II

It provided Fred Astaire's tailcoat for Top Hat in 1935.

III

Under creative director Carlo Brandelli the brand became simply Kilgour.

IV

It dressed Daniel Craig for Layer Cake and Jude Law for the premiere of The Talented Mr Ripley.

The Signature

The grey suit of North by Northwest

A crop duster crosses the sky.

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