Welsh designer Timothy Everest has dressed everyone from David Cameron to Jarvis Cocker. You can’t miss his latest work – a bright pink couture suit on the back of Mick Jagger for the swagger king’s new video. WM’s Emily Woodrow spoke exclusively to him ...
NOT many men, Timothy Everest admits, can pull off flamingo pink. “You can’t exactly imagine David Cameron stepping out in something like that,” says the Haverfordwest-born bespoke tailor and designer, inset.
Just as well this wasn’t one of his commissions for the PM.
“I’ve been dressing Mick since the ’60s,” says Tim, of the flamboyant Rolling Stones frontman Jagger.
“He even asked me to make it in a bigger size than what he’s used to. He said to me, ‘This isn’t something I’ll be standing by a bar in’, and if you’ve seen the video, you’ll know exactly what he means.”
The suit was designed especially for the video of Jagger’s debut single Miracle Worker with his new rock supergroup Superheavy (also including Joss Stone, Dave Stewart, Damian Marley and A.R. Rahman.)
Jagger, who recently celebrated his 68th birthday, gives the camera his usual snake-hipped moves while parading against a backdrop of candles, in an outfit that wouldn’t have looked out of place in his ’70s heyday.
“It was all very secretive and I didn’t even know that the guys were forming a band until the last minute,” said Tim of tailoring to fit that famous 28 inch waist.
“Apparently, they’d been having meetings on private yachts.
“I was given a brief for Mick’s character and from that I created two suits – a white polka dot one which sounds awful but actually looked really good and the pink one which he eventually chose.
“It’s extremely bright but it works really well for the video.”
Jagger has also been wearing Timothy’s colourful creation, complete with candy stripe tie, to perform live with the band.
“The thing is, Mick has the confidence and character to pull it off, whereas so many other people wouldn’t. He’s still extremely youthful despite his age.”
Timothy, 50, who works from an 18th century Georgian townhouse in Spitalfields, London, has dressed some of the most famous men around, from actors Pierce Brosnan and Kevin Bacon to musician Jarvis Cocker and politicians Gordon Brown and David Cameron, who love his traditional service aimed at the quintessential British gent.
“Of course I get nervous,” he said. “There are certain people I meet and I think to myself, ‘This is the most surreal and bizarre experience ever.’
“But I try to be relaxed around celebs and successful people.
“A lot of famous people have come from normal backgrounds and don’t always want to be treated like a star, especially when having a suit made for them.
“That’s one reason why I don’t ask for autographs or photos. It would enhance the business greatly to have a wall of fame, but tailoring is a very personal thing.
“I like to be professional and hopefully that’s why they keep coming back – that and good suits, of course.”
Although he was given only a few days to make Mick’s suit for the video, Tim, who himself owns several colourful suits including one in cobalt blue which he claims resembles an air steward’s uniform and another in lemon, says it wasn’t the quickest piece he’s ever made.
“Making Tom Cruise’s outfit for Mission Impossible was the worst,” he says.
“When working in film, people aren’t used to waiting.
“Tom was constantly getting holes in his trousers as his character was so active so we’d get a phone call in the afternoon and be told they needed a new pair the following day.
“It’s all part of the job though.”
He adds: “My favourite suit that I’ve ever made was my wedding day suit.
“As for celebrities, most of the people I most wanted to make something for have passed away. Rhod Gilbert would be good though. He’s a funny guy, it would be fun to dress him.”
NOT many men, Timothy Everest admits, can pull off flamingo pink. “You can’t exactly imagine David Cameron stepping out in something like that,” says the Haverfordwest-born bespoke tailor and designer, inset.
Just as well this wasn’t one of his commissions for the PM.
“He even asked me to make it in a bigger size than what he’s used to. He said to me, ‘This isn’t something I’ll be standing by a bar in’, and if you’ve seen the video, you’ll know exactly what he means.”
The suit was designed especially for the video of Jagger’s debut single Miracle Worker with his new rock supergroup Superheavy (also including Joss Stone, Dave Stewart, Damian Marley and A.R. Rahman.)
Jagger, who recently celebrated his 68th birthday, gives the camera his usual snake-hipped moves while parading against a backdrop of candles, in an outfit that wouldn’t have looked out of place in his ’70s heyday.
“It was all very secretive and I didn’t even know that the guys were forming a band until the last minute,” said Tim of tailoring to fit that famous 28 inch waist.
“Apparently, they’d been having meetings on private yachts.
“I was given a brief for Mick’s character and from that I created two suits – a white polka dot one which sounds awful but actually looked really good and the pink one which he eventually chose.
“It’s extremely bright but it works really well for the video.”
Jagger has also been wearing Timothy’s colourful creation, complete with candy stripe tie, to perform live with the band.
“The thing is, Mick has the confidence and character to pull it off, whereas so many other people wouldn’t. He’s still extremely youthful despite his age.”
Timothy, 50, who works from an 18th century Georgian townhouse in Spitalfields, London, has dressed some of the most famous men around, from actors Pierce Brosnan and Kevin Bacon to musician Jarvis Cocker and politicians Gordon Brown and David Cameron, who love his traditional service aimed at the quintessential British gent.
“Of course I get nervous,” he said. “There are certain people I meet and I think to myself, ‘This is the most surreal and bizarre experience ever.’
“But I try to be relaxed around celebs and successful people.
“A lot of famous people have come from normal backgrounds and don’t always want to be treated like a star, especially when having a suit made for them.
“That’s one reason why I don’t ask for autographs or photos. It would enhance the business greatly to have a wall of fame, but tailoring is a very personal thing.
“I like to be professional and hopefully that’s why they keep coming back – that and good suits, of course.”
Although he was given only a few days to make Mick’s suit for the video, Tim, who himself owns several colourful suits including one in cobalt blue which he claims resembles an air steward’s uniform and another in lemon, says it wasn’t the quickest piece he’s ever made.
“Making Tom Cruise’s outfit for Mission Impossible was the worst,” he says.
“When working in film, people aren’t used to waiting.
“Tom was constantly getting holes in his trousers as his character was so active so we’d get a phone call in the afternoon and be told they needed a new pair the following day.
“It’s all part of the job though.”
He adds: “My favourite suit that I’ve ever made was my wedding day suit.
“As for celebrities, most of the people I most wanted to make something for have passed away. Rhod Gilbert would be good though. He’s a funny guy, it would be fun to dress him.”
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