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About us
Sakks listens to its clients wants and needs and offer a personal service that is second to none. Fluency in the latest fashion trends ensures that Sakks customers receive a unique and enjoyable experience every time they visit the store.
This combined with a friendly and unintimidating atmosphere and browser friendly display makes Sakks the perfect relaxing shopping experience for the discerning customer. A free tailoring and adjustment service adds to the appeal guaranteeing a perfect fit every time.
Sakks Menswear celebrates a staggering over 30 years of business at the forefront of the fashion industry, earning itself on the journey an enviable and well deserved reputation as the South Coast’s premier menswear destination offering cutting edge styling with sexy, modern twist.
Established in September 1982 by David Bright and Michael Simpkin, Sakks was one of the first ‘destination’ stores in the country, designed to cater for the discerning fashionable male who hated shopping and deplored faceless malls just like themselves.
Importing then rare brands in this country such as Hugo Boss, Giorgio Armani and Versace, the Sakks store, with its calm, waterside ambience in Shamrock Quay, soon became a rapid success and built up an impressive reputation along the south coast for service with a relaxed atmosphere and an unbeatable range good quality, sophisticated clothing.
As the business has developed Sakks has expanded but still remains at the Quay, showcasing irresistible stock from most of the original labels, as well as dynamic collections from some of today’s most sought after contemporary names in fashion including Jacob Cohen, C.P. Company, Eton Shirts, Oliver Sweeney, Stone Island, Without Prejudice and Orlebar Brown.
Grown up, elegant tailoring with a cool relaxed aesthetic is continually fused under one roof with beautifully cut prestigious casualwear that is literally brimming with satirical elegance to ensure Sakks customers are spoilt for choice time after time. Distinctive silhouettes, luxurious fabrics, meticulous quality, striking cuts, subtle detailing and compelling colour palettes that are masculine to the core are now all synonymous with the Sakks name and have made it a must visit destination for any style conscious man seeking style that demands attention for all the right reasons.
Fashion aside, the store’s long reign of success is also attributed to its exceptional attention to detail in every department and the team’s keen eye for their discerning clientele. Sakks staff always listens to their client’s wants and needs and offer a personal bespoke service that’s second to none. First class recommendations tailored to the individual, together with fluency in the latest fashion trends and knowledge of how the designers actually want their clothing to be worn, ensure the Sakks customer continues to receive a unique and enjoyable experience every time they visit the store.
This combined with the friendly and unintimidating atmosphere and browser friendly display layouts, continues to make Sakks the perfect relaxed shopping experience the South’s style conscious men in search of cult labels.
t’s been a great 32 years in the exciting and ever changing world of fashion says Mick. I’ve enjoyed every minute and hope my team can continue to hand pick collections that our customers find impossible to resist for many more years to come!
Location
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Lower William Street, Southampton, UK