Mahogany savilians seminar is a tailormade triumph

The Mahogany Savilians collection, which fuses Savile Row tailoring concepts with outlandish finishes, was launched in an inspiring seminar at Salon International 2014. Presented by creative directors Colin Greaney, Antony Licata and Neil Atkinson, as well as head of colour Tai Walker and team member Paul Jamieson, the show saw a host of models transformed live on stage with trademark tailored short shapes and structured lines getting a 2014 update. The team explained that their inspiration came from London's Savile Row - an area which has been famous for tailoring for hundreds of years, and which can be found just a stone's throw from the Mahogany salon in Central London. From this background of bespoke, beautiful, tailored hair came looks that were fitted and head-hugging, with strong clean-shaven masculine lines and broken up and jagged fringes. [hji-gallery-legacy] Inspiration also came from the Savile Club, a gentleman's club founded in 1868 and notorious for its outlandish dress sense and convivial attitude. Colour inspiration for Tai came from the National Gallery's seminal Making Colour exhibition, which documents how artists have created pigment through the years - from crushed insects to ground-up minerals. Bringing this together with the Savile Row influence, Tai's palette included shades of copper, raspberry, cobalt blue, antique pink and vanilla blonde. Techniques took their cue from Savile Row too, with shades 'stitched' together for a seamless feel.