Mark Powell, Esq

Career: tailor; shop mangr Robot Covent Garden 1983-85, shop owner Powell & Co Soho 1985-88, mangr Violet's nightclub Soho 1988-89; bespoke tailor: D'Arblay St London 1991-95, Newburgh St London 1995-98, Brewer St London 1998-; licensing deal in Japan 1995-2000; fashion shows: DTI Vienna 1997, Cafe de Paris London 1998, DTI Vietnam and Boston 1999, Sartoria Savile Row 2001 and 2002, Moda Moscow 2003; launched ready to wear clothing range Mark Powell London 2006, collaboration with Marks and Spencer for Autograph range 2007-; featured in exhbns incl: Cutting Edge (V&A) 1997, 21st Century Dandy (Br Fashion Cncl 2003, London Cut (Florence) 2007