Background
John Taylor was born on September 4, 1921, in Glasgow, United Kingdom. John was brought up in London and thought of himself as a Londoner.
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1966
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1975
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1979
editor journalist publisher author
John Taylor was born on September 4, 1921, in Glasgow, United Kingdom. John was brought up in London and thought of himself as a Londoner.
John Taylor's first career began when he was still a youth growing up in London, where he became a child actor on the weekly children's program The Ovaltineys Concert Party. Gaining some renown for his comedic talents, Taylor won other roles as a child actor and singer, and just before World War II was accepted to sing with the Oscar Rabin Band.
With the onset of war, however, Taylor enlisted in the Royal Navy, became an air gunner and pilot with the Eastern Fleet in North Africa, and saw action in Madagascar. After the war, he returned to England, but instead of resuming an acting career, he decided to try his hand at journalism.
Despite his lack of experience, he was hired in 1945 to edit Tailor & Cutter, a clothing trade magazine. Taylor transformed the rather uninspired technical publication into a huge success by making the articles much more entertaining to read; thus, he managed to quadruple its circulation during his nearly two decades as an editor. His early success prompted him to also launch another men's style magazine, Man About Town, in 1952. For Taylor, Man About Town was a platform to indulge his interests in fine wines, especially champagne, good food, women, and entertaining company.
In 1969 he was hired by Industrial Publishing Co. to be the director of their clothing titles, including British Style magazine. He also served as publisher of such magazines as Manufacturing Clothier, Buttons, and Hards Year Book of Clothing Industry. Taylor's most recent endeavor was the 1999 launching of Savile Row magazine.
During his long career, Taylor helped to put British fashion on the map and to make it acceptable for men to be interested in fashion styles. He was the author of half a dozen books, including The Care and Feeding of Young Ladies (1975), Fibres and Fabrics (1979), and Dyes and Dyeing (1980); he was also a regular columnist for numerous periodicals, such as Punch, High Life, Penthouse, Observer, New York Times, and Daily Mail.
John Taylor was an acknowledged editor, journalist, and author. He was widely considered to have been a major influence in bringing credibility and interest back to men's clothing after World War II. He had been an editor for nearly 60 years, during which time he conceived and launched a range of publications, contributed to many more, and became the arbiter on men's style matters through to the Nineties. John made Tailor and Cutter "the most quoted trade paper in the world," according to The Times. He was the winner of the 1970 Fashion Writer of the Year award from the British Clothing Institute.
A hugely entertaining, warm, and funny man, John was a regular at El Vino, the Wig and Pen Club, the French House, and the Colony Room Club in Soho and counted other legendary Fleet Street names among his friends.
John was married to Marie Scott.
