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Edward Tautz founded E. Tautz in 1867 in London’s prosperous West End. The store was located at 249 Oxford Street in London, renumbered at the end of the 19th century 485 Oxford St.〔''The Times'', May 14, 1867〕 Tautz had been head cutter at the sporting Tailors Hammond & Co before leaving to establish his own firm.〔 In 1875 the firm changed its name to E. Tautz & Sons〔Sporting Gazette 1875〕 as Edward brought his son Frederick George Tautz into the business. Specialized in "the hunting-field and military men",〔<〕 Edward Tautz was particularly known as a specialist of breeches. He fought to protect his business from counterfeiters. In 1886 he proved, in court, his invention of an original model of knickerbocker breeches.〔''The Field'', June 5, 1886〕 Between 1895 and 1897, Winston Churchill bought for £144 of clothes from the company, which was then identified as "breeches and trousers makers, military tailors". In 1898, The Oxford Street store of Tautz, then a "wholesale tailor", was "hopelessly" destroyed by a fire. The company announced two days later "their premises were completely destroyed". Anthony J Drexel Biddle was a customer of Tautz.〔http://parisiangentleman.co.uk/2010/01/07/the-art-of-wearing-clothes-by-george-frazier-esquire-september-1960/〕 In 1968, the label was acquired by the Savile Row firm of Norton & Sons. In 2005, Patrick Grant acquired Norton & Sons, with a background in telecommunications and "no fashion or tailoring experience". The "long-forgotten" brand E. Tautz was relaunched by Norton & Sons as a ready-to-wear collection in 2009, with the collaboration of British designers Kim Jones, Giles Deacon, Richard Nicoll and Christopher Kane. Patrick Grant says his focus is on "simple pieces, made by hand, manufactured in the U.K. I don't come from a fashion background, and it is essentially about clothes I want to wear.〔http://www.style.com/fashionshows/review/F2011MEN-ETAUTZ〕 The company claims to mix “Savile Row cutting () with the sporting and military traditions”.〔http://www.britishfashioncouncil.com/designer_profile.aspx?DesignerID=1165〕 It also sells shirts, trousers, outerwear and accessories such as hats and scarves.〔http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/joao-paulo-nunes/e-tautz-menswear-autumnwi_b_1364130.html〕 Patrick Grant has partnered with Debenhams in the UK and designed a collection for autumn/winter 2013-14 under the label Hammond & Co by Patrick Grant. 〔http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/2013/04/04/patrick-grant-joins-designers-at-debenhams---suits-and-mens-clothing〕 The company first launched its womenswear collection in spring/summer 2013. 〔http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/2013/01/09/e-tautz-launches-womenswear---capsule-shirts-line〕 〔http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/news-features/TMG9792553/E.-Tautz-to-launch-womenswear.html〕 The latest womenswear collection for 2014 pre-fall offered tuxedo shirts, herringbone woollen capes, oversized floral prints, neat ankle length trousers and boxy knitwear. 〔http://www.selectism.com/2014/01/24/e-tautz-introduce-full-womenswear-collection-for-fall-winter-2014/〕 ==External links== * (Official website ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「E. Tautz & Sons」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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