If this shop sounds or looks familiar, it's likely because it served as the inspiration for Kingsman: The Secret Service. The scenes of the classically handsome tailor shop (and secret spy hideout) in the film were shot at Huntsman, one of the Row's most stereotypical suit makers.

The shop was technically founded in 1809 as a "gaiter and breeches maker," but only became the suit maker we know today in 1849 when the business bought by a man named Henry Huntsman. It continued making leather breeches, earning its first of several Royal Warrants for its leather breeches made for Edward VII (then the Prince of Wales) in the late 1800s, followed by similar orders for Queen Victoria and Prince Alfred, but also grew into bespoke tailoring and equestrian wear, outfitting the English aristocracy with suiting as well as hunting and riding clothing. It provided military uniforms to the WWI effort, moved to No. 11 Savile Row (where it still resides) in 1919 and spent the rest of the 20th century making suits for politicians, actors and royalty.

Hunstman earned another Royal Warrant from King Alfonso of Spain in 1926, and were also a favorite of King Edward VIII—then the Prince of Wales—around the same time. The young Edward developed a bit of a reputation as a well-dressed playboy and admiring aristocrats followed suit (pun not intended) by becoming Huntsman clients themselves. Perhaps the shop's most noteworthy client outside of royalty has been Gregory Peck, who wore Huntsman suits both on and off camera for fifty years, from 1953 until his death in 2003.

The house style is an aggressively stylish, close-fitting drape inspired by Huntsman's equestrian history; strong shoulders, high arm holes, a very close cut with a nipped waist that slightly flares the bottom of the jacket and a one-button closure are notable sartorial hallmarks. It was developed by blending the styles of a riding coat with a dinner suit, creating a slim and structured fit that was well ahead of its time and a sharp contrast to more loose-fitting, traditional Savile Row styles.

Technically, Gieves & Hawkes is only 33 years old, but their pedigree stretches back much further than that. The label is a combination of two history-rich tailor shops: Gives, founded in 1784, and Hawkes, founded in 1771. The former acquired the latter in 1974, renaming to accommodate the change, and currently occupies the prestigious address of No. 1 Savile Row. Formally a London townhouse, the building now stands as one of the grandest testaments to tailoring in the world. The building was purchased by Hawkes in 1913, establishing the street as a focal point of fine tailoring that has since grown into a legendary status.

The shop has a rich history of making clothing both for the British military and for the British royal family; they were first granted a Royal Warrant (a testament to having provided one's services to the royal family) during King George III's reign in 1809. Gieves & Hawkes currently holds not one, nor two, but all three main Royal Warrants—for Her Majesty The Queen, His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh and His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales.

Davide Taub, the head cutter, has pioneered a powerful, architectural house style with high armholes and aggressively roped shoulders that call to mind the shop's military background. Despite the strongly structural shape, though, Gieves & Hawkes suits are said to be exceptionally comfortable due to a deft combination of light, soft interlinings and lightly padded canvas. Naturally, being a bespoke shop, the Gieves & Hawkes tailors will presumably create anything a customer so desires. However, its tailors tend to produce elegantly sharp and rather conceptual suits, jackets and outerwear, intentionally setting themselves apart—as Taub noted in an interview with The Rake—from the Savile Row mold of stuffy tweeds and double-breasted blazers.

They may not have the longest history, nor are they technically on Savile Row—they're located at 32 Old Burlington St, just one block east. Geography aside however, Anderson & Sheppard carries the torch of British tailoring as well as any other Savile Row shop, evidenced by their intimate, fireplace-warmed, wood-paneled showroom, their Royal Warrant from HRH The Prince of Wales (Charles has long been a fan of their outerwear and was married in an Anderson & Sheppard morning suit) and very traditional house style.

The tailors here—which, at one point, included a young Alexander McQueen, apprenticing at Anderson & Sheppard to learn the art of cutting—favor a softer drape with less structure that's sophisticated, but inconspicuously so. As opposed to more hard-edged house styles with raised shoulders and snug sleeves, Anderson & Sheppard suits are not especially tight or attention-grabbing. One could say that makes their style look dated by today's ultra-slim standards, but the shop would likely favor the word "traditional," as it signifies an under-the-radar, true-to-style elegance that doesn't chase trends.

Though it’s changed its name throughout its history, Kilgour dates back to 1880. You'd never know it, though, by stepping foot inside the shop at No. 5 Savile Row. Sleek marble, clear glass, minimal displays, recessed lighting and a sterile monochrome gray throughout—it's akin to what you might get if Rick Owens opened up a traditional British tailoring shop.

Kilgour wasn't always so sleek and modern. It opened as T&F French, then merged with A.H. Kilgour in 1923, becoming Kilgour & French. That became Kilgour, French, and Stanbury in 1937, after the label's tailors—Fred and Louis Stanbury—thoroughly refined the house style, impacting the shop enough to earn their name on the door. But in 2003, the brand wanted to modernize. With that in mind, under creative director Carlo Brandelli, the extra names were dropped and the forward-thinking aesthetic took shape.

Both the shop and the suits produced are a major contrast to the traditional Savile Row style. A Kilgour suit has a slim-but-not-tight silhouette, jetted pockets and lightly padded shoulders. That said, its two most notable points of differentiation are its uniquely notched lapels (with the notch so small as to be almost nonexistent) and a hidden button fastening on the front of the jacket. This creates an exceptionally sleek profile that may appeal to clients who are more comfortable pushing the boundaries of tailored style, as it's very notably different from other Savile Row shops.

James Poole, a military tailor, founded the company in 1806 to make uniforms for officers during the Napoleonic Wars. It was Henry who moved the business to Savile Row and opened an entrance to the tailoring premises when he took the reigns in 1846, becoming the first public tailor shop on the now famous street. Henry Poole is thus considered the founding tailor shop of Savile Row, though it has moved around since. The business was forced over to Cork Street, two blocks west, after the lease on the No. 32 Savile Row address expired and the building was demolished—returning in 1982 by moving into No. 15.

That's where Henry Poole calls home today, with shop walls that are covered in Royal Warrants from across the world. It has over 40, having clothed royalty and the highest-ranking aristocracy of Persia, Russia, Prussia, Mexico, Brazil, Denmark, Italy, Germany, Hawai'i, Genoa, Egypt, Japan, France, Sweden, Austria and more throughout the company's far-reaching history.

The brand's largest claim to fame is the invention of what's now known as the modern tuxedo in 1865. The then-Prince of Wales and future King Edward VII requested a short, midnight blue evening coat that he could wear to dinner as an informal alternative to the full evening dress: white tie, waistcoat and black tails.

The prince later invited an acquaintance named James Brown Potter to his estate at Sandringham in 1886 (rumor has it that Edward had an eye for Potter's wife, hence the invitation). Potter, nervous about what to wear for dinners with a prince, had a similar jacket made upon Henry Poole's recommendation. Legend says that Potter later took the dinner jacket back to his home in Tuxedo Park, New York and wore it to his social club there. Once fellow members took notice, it became a uniform for the club, expanding across wider New York high society, and ultimately the world at large. It's possible, though, that other Tuxedo Club members who were Henry Poole clients in the 1860s (the shop still has its original ledgers) simply copied the prince's order and introduced the tuxedo to American high society well before the Potter story purports to take place.

The Henry Poole house style, an oft-imitated cut, has a trim waist and moderate shoulder padding ("never too severe," they say)—conservative in overall proportion, but with enough of a nipped shape to be distinctive and flattering.