Arnold "Dougie" Millings (30 July 1913, in
Manchester
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– 20 September 2001, in
London
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) was a London-based
tailor
A tailor is a person who makes or alters clothing, particularly in men's clothing. The Oxford English Dictionary dates the term to the thirteenth century.
History
Although clothing construction goes back to prehistory, there is evidence of ...
known as "the
Beatles' tailor".
Millings' shop was located on 63
Old Compton Street
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History
The street was named after Henry Compton who raised funds for a local parish church, eventually dedicated as St Anne's Church in 1686. Th ...
in
Soho
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The area was develo ...
and began designing for
British
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* British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies.
** Britishness, the British identity and common culture
* British English, ...
pop stars such as
Cliff Richard
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,
Tommy Steele
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After being discovered at the 2i's Coffee Bar in Soho, London, Steele reco ...
, and
Adam Faith
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in the early 1960s and made the
collarless suits the
Beatles wore at the height of Beatlemania in 1963 (inspired by
Pierre Cardin
Pierre Cardin (, , ), born Pietro Costante Cardino (2 July 1922 – 29 December 2020), was an Italian-born naturalised-French fashion designer. He is known for what were his avant-garde style and Space Age designs. He preferred geometric sha ...
) as well as their stage suits for the
movie
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''
Help!
''Help!'' is the fifth studio album by the English rock band the Beatles and the soundtrack to their film of the same name. It was released on 6 August 1965. Seven of the fourteen songs, including the singles " Help!" and " Ticket to Ride", ...
''. Millings made more than 500 outfits for the band.
[Se]
New York Times Obituary
Millings had a small part as a frustrated tailor in the movie ''
A Hard Day's Night''.
Notes
References
New York Times Obituary
External links
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English fashion designers
1913 births
2001 deaths
Businesspeople from Manchester
20th-century English businesspeople
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