It's the family run firm which has remained at the forefront of the ever evolving fashion industry for more than four decades. Southampton's Sakks Menswear is considered the South Coast's premier menswear destination, offering cutting edge styling and all the best luxury brands. The team promise a personal shopping experience that is second to none in their store in Shamrock Quay, which stocks all the best contemporary names in fashion including Jacob Cohen, Belstaff, Eton Shirts, Oliver Sweeney, Parajumpers, MA.
Strum and Sand Copenhagen. READ MORE: Historic former Hampshire mill with top class chalk stream trout fishing up for sale for £5 million They recently held a Covid delayed 40th anniversary party, attended by customers past and present, including a few who have been there since the early days. Sakks Menswear was established by David Bright and Michael Simpkin in September 1982, one of the first destination stores in the country designed to cater for the discerning fashionable male who hated shopping centres.
Local businessman David, whose wife owned women's boutique Foxy Lady next door approached Mick, who was already in the industry running a High Street shop in Southampton , about opening a new shop with a difference. Giorgio Armani is the only brand that remains of the originals, like Hugo Boss and Versace, which soon made the hidden gem a roaring success. Mick is still involved to this day in the business, which is run day to day by his son Stewart, alongside fel.
