The Lightweight Leather Jacket So Soft You’ll Wear It Year-Round
Savas’s first ready-to-wear creation is a silky suede coat.
Savas off-the-rack Denham jacket in lamb suede.
Photographer: Stephen Lewis for Bloomberg. Businessweek
Leather jacket maker Savannah Yarborough comes by the trade honestly: Educated in design at industry-famous Central Saint Martins in London, she was a senior designer at Billy Reid before opening her Nashville-based studio, Savas LLC, in January 2015. Since then her one-off, bespoke jackets have been adopted as a uniform for a clientele including Wall Street bankers, football legend Terry Bradshaw, and musicians such as Jack White and the late John Prine. Because multiple fittings and private consultations can push the wait time to 12 weeks or more, Yarborough has introduced the $2,500 suede Denham, her first ready-to-wear design. It’s meant for the want-it-now customer who doesn’t need custom linings or sleeve sizes measured to exacting standards.
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