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J. Dege & Sons Ltd 1865–2000 Dege & Skinner 2000–presentEstablished in 1865 at 13 Conduit Street by German tailor Jacob Dege (1838–1919), the company was originally known as J. Dege & Sons. In 1880, Jacob Dege’s son Arthur met William Skinner Jr, whose family had a tailoring business at 57 Jermyn Street, and the two formed Arthur Dege & Skinner on Grafton Street in 1900. William Skinner died in 1912, and Arthur Dege & Skinner closed in 1914, after which Arthur joined his father in J. Dege & Sons. Jacob Dege left the business in 1917 and J. Dege & Sons became a private limited company. In 1939, J. Dege & Sons Ltd acquired Wilkinson & Son, who were robe makers by appointment to King George VI. The company expanded further by opening tailoring shops in Aldershot and Catterick Camp in 1941. The Conduit Street business was bombed in 1941 and relocated between 10 Clifford Street and Conduit Street over the next ten years. The Skinner family acquired
J. Dege & Sons in 1947, and founder Jacob Dege’s grandson John returned to the firm. The company is still owned by the Skinner family. In 1967, the company acquired military tailors Rogers, John Jones, tripling the company’s size. In 1973 the company created the First Queen’s Dragoon Guards uniform that Captain Mark Philips wore when he married Princess Anne. In 1989 the company moved to 10 Savile Row, and in 2000 the company name was changed from
J. Dege & Sons Ltd to Dege & Skinner. The company has royal warrants from the King of Bahrain and the Sultan of Oman, and held one from Queen Elizabeth II. Dege & Skinner made the British Army Blues and Royals regimental frock coat worn by Prince Harry when he married Meghan Markle in 2018.