E. Tautz

DESIGNER NAME: Patrick Grant

BACKGROUND: Patrick was born in Edinburgh and studied at Leeds and Oxford. He has been running Norton & Sons, a bespoke tailoring house on Savile Row, since 2005.

SIGNATURES: “At the heart of the E. Tautz collection is Savile Row cutting; elegant shoulders, suppressed waist, well proportioned, well balanced and unfussy in keeping with the sporting and military traditions. E. Tautz like simple cutting paired with bold accents of colour and pattern - cloths with scale and texture; big checks, fine flannels, and stripes.”

IDEAL CLIENT: “The Tautz man has a classic English sensibility mixed with a kind of schoolboy humour; he likes to dress elegantly, but enjoys clothes with wit.”

TRADEMARK PIECE: “I think probably our hand appliquéd knits, they sum up everything we stand for: simple, beautifully handmade, with a schoolboy sense of humour and style.”

THE COLLECTION: “Spring/summer 2013 is inspired by the British explorer Wilfred Thesiger, Ras Tafari (later Emperor Haile Selassie), and the colour and wildlife of Ethiopia.”

LONDON TIPS: “Drink a Vesper at the bar at Dukes Hotel. Go for oysters at Wilton’s or Bentley’s. Bespeak of a suit at Norton & Sons on Savile Row.”

ON BRITISH MENSWEAR: “Vespers, Oysters and Savile Row.”

FUTURE PLANS: “I'd like to move to the Hebrides and become a crofter.”

E.Tautz won the Menswear Designer award at the British Fashion Awards 2010.