{"id":144197,"date":"2025-11-17T08:06:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T08:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/144197\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T08:06:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T08:06:08","slug":"savile-row-boss-says-weight-loss-drugs-are-having-massive-repercussions-on-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/144197\/","title":{"rendered":"Savile Row boss says weight loss drugs are having \u2018massive repercussions\u2019 on industry"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A boom in the use of weight<\/a> loss drugs<\/a> is having \u201cmassive repercussions\u201d for the tailoring industry, a Savile Row<\/a> boss has said.<\/p>\n

Sean Dixon, co-founder of tailor Richard James, said its cutters were having to make big adjustments or remake suits entirely because of some customers\u2019 rapid weight loss<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The businessman pointed to the trend happening among male customers, many of whom are aged in their 40s and 50s.<\/p>\n

\u201cMale customers of ours are obviously taking these drugs and losing quite a lot of weight in the process \u2026 probably for health reasons, so it\u2019s a positive thing,\u201d he told the PA news agency.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not just half an inch here, maybe an inch there, it\u2019s a considerable amount of weight loss and that means a whole new wardrobe \u2013 specifically tailoring.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Dixon explained that bespoke commissions can take up to three months, meaning people\u2019s measurements can change considerably between their first and final fittings.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat has massive repercussions,\u201d he said, adding: \u201cBespoke tailoring is made to fit precisely.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople are losing up to 25 kilograms in a relatively short space of time, and that does change completely what you need to do.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can\u2019t just alter a suit \u2013 you have to remake it, start from scratch.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Richard James: A Savile Row tailor<\/p>\n

Mr Dixon said the business, which has dressed stars including Sir Elton John, Stormzy and the Gallagher brothers, was \u201cabsolutely considering\u201d ways to work around the issue while avoiding charging more and remaining sensitive to its customers.<\/p>\n

Recent estimates suggest that about 1.5 million people in the UK are taking GLP-1s \u2013 the scientific term for weight loss jabs, which work by reducing food cravings.<\/p>\n

A recent poll carried out by anti-obesity drugs provider CheqUp found that more than a tenth of Britons expect to host someone on GLP-1 medication this Christmas.<\/p>\n

Half of those surveyed said they would reconsider giving clothes to friends and family amid sensitivity around weight loss.<\/p>\n

Among GLP-1 users, more than half said they will eat smaller portions and skip more treats this festive season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":144198,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[103,61,60,371],"class_list":{"0":"post-144197","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-medication","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-medication"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144197\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}