Tailor chalks up his last made-to-measure at Cleveland Street shop

One of the few remaining bespoke tailors operating from a building in Fitzrovia has pulled down the shutters on his shop for the last time, and intends to set up business elsewhere.

Paul Kitsaros, who has operated out of a small, ground floor workshop at 66 Cleveland Street since 1998, shut the shop in March.

He was born in 1945 in Cyprus and came to the UK aged 15. He served an apprenticeship with a tailors in Camden Town and then in Savile Row.

Having mastered his craft he set up his own bespoke tailoring business in Brewer Street, Soho at age 28 before moving to Cleveland Street.

He is a well-known local personality and featured in a number of magazine articles including the Financial Times and was interviewed for the Fitzrovia Arts Festival in 2021.

When Kitsaros first came to Cleveland Street, Fitzrovia still had a bustling rag trade and there were a large number of tailors and garment workshops in the neighbourhood.

But as the area has seen property prices rise, the industry has largely left Fitzrovia for more affordable areas of London.