The Golden Shears Award

The Golden Shears Award Golden Shears celebrates the next generation of tailors in the UK. First prize: The Merchant Taylors’ Golden Shears and £3,000.

Every two years we host a competition to bring together the very best fashion students and apprentice tailors from around the country and showcase their creative and technical excellence The Golden Shears Award is a bespoke tailoring competition held at the Merchant Taylors’ Hall every two years. It is a unique opportunity for tailoring apprentices and students from across the UK to show their cra

ft skills and creative vision in a truly spectacular setting. Second prize: The Merchant Taylors’ Silver Shears and £2,500. Third prize: The Merchant Taylors’ ‘Rising Star’ Silver Shears and £2,000. All finalists will receive a certificate signed by The Master of The Merchant Taylors’ Company and the Chairman of Judges.

Golden Shears Award 2017 finalist Kimberly Lawton talking to GQ about the tailoring house she has co-founded to push the...
01/04/2020

Golden Shears Award 2017 finalist Kimberly Lawton talking to GQ about the tailoring house she has co-founded to push the stylistic boundaries of bespoke craft tailoring further.

Kimberley Lawton and Joshua Dobrik are quickly working their way up the sartorial ladder...

The Savile Row Academy produced this year's Golden Shears Winner Rachel Singer, here are a few words from the school's d...
12/11/2019

The Savile Row Academy produced this year's Golden Shears Winner Rachel Singer, here are a few words from the school's director Andrew Ramroop OBE.

Andrew Ramroop OBE said he was once told to work in the back of a shop on Savile Row because he was not white.

Congratulations to Mariah Esa, Golden Shears 2019 Finalist, for winning a Graduate Fashion Week Award. Mariah used waste...
28/08/2019

Congratulations to Mariah Esa, Golden Shears 2019 Finalist, for winning a Graduate Fashion Week Award. Mariah used wasted clothing labels to create new garments.

Mariah Esa's designs have been praised by the likes of Vivienne Westwood.

GS19 winner Rachel Singer featured in this month's Country Life Magazine as a symbol of the new generation of British ta...
17/06/2019

GS19 winner Rachel Singer featured in this month's Country Life Magazine as a symbol of the new generation of British talent.

Golden Shears winner Rachel Singer interviewed in today's Daily Telegraph
15/04/2019

Golden Shears winner Rachel Singer interviewed in today's Daily Telegraph

It’s been 45 years since the then-president of the Federation of Merchant Tailors launched its biannual Golden Shears Awards, during which time its role in unearthing new talent in an industry that tends to forego self-publicity in favour of dutiful discretion has found its own voice.

The Jackal magazine writes about what this year's Golden Shears Award tells us about the future of bespoke tailoring.
01/04/2019

The Jackal magazine writes about what this year's Golden Shears Award tells us about the future of bespoke tailoring.

With three female looks and two female tailors winning the top awards at the Golden Shears, Savile Row is no longer just a man's world

28/03/2019

Finalist Lauren McNicholl's evening tailcoat with black floral embroidery over black wool trouser with braces. Lauren is an apprentice at Oliver Brown, Chelsea.

28/03/2019

Finalist Taroneh Dorodi's three quarter coat, waistcoat and matching trousers with patch pocket detail. Taroneh studies at Leeds Arts University.

27/03/2019

Finalist Samantha Fenwick's patterned jacket with shawl style lapel and double fronted dungaree. Samantha is an apprentice at Carl Stuart Bespoke Tailors, Yorkshire.

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