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Victoria Thompson of Norton & Townsend, Ilkley tailors, now makes bespoke suits, jackets and coats for women. For story by Fashion Editor Stephanie Smith for Yorkshire Post
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00:00So I'm Victoria Thomson and I own Norton Townsend which is a bespoke
00:06tailors. We have one shop in Benridgin in Ilkley and we have another shop in
00:11Spitalfields in London and we do mainly men's bespoke tailoring for weddings,
00:18business, events and we also have started doing some ladies wear so I just thought
00:23I might show you some ladies wear that we've been doing recently. So this is our
00:29maxi skirt and short jacket in a Martin Mills tweed and then we have got this
00:41is one of my favorites this is new this only came in this week and the jacket
00:45which is a Holden Sherry English mohair and it's a super wide leg trouser and
00:50then a short cropped fitted jacket if I can call it that the Chanel style so it's
00:56the round neck open front a little shorter and the bracelet length sleeves and
01:01that's again is in a that's in a linton tweed and it's got metallic in it if you
01:05can. This is our Balmer cam coat which was inspired a little bit by Claudia Winkleman
01:11all the traitors and it's traditionally a man's style but I just thought it would
01:17work for the women as well and it's in a it's in a Harris tweed and I just
01:23exaggerated the the length on it super high collar it's got the storm flap on and
01:31it's just a really just a really classic coat really
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