Abercrombie and fitch -The U.S. fashion retailer had earmarked No. 3 Savile Row - a street which has been associated with bespoke tailoring for two centuries – as a possible site for its first children's store in the U.K. But Mark Henderson, chairman of heritage tailor Gieves & Hawkes, told CNBC that an Abercrombie (http://www.abercormbie.com) shop would be out-of-keeping with the rest of the street.

"Opening a kids store on Savile Row is a somewhat bizarre thing to do. It's a fairly narrow street, it's got its own atmosphere to it," said Henderson, who also heads lobbying group Savile Row Bespoke, on Tuesday. "It's just fundamentally a mistake from Abercrombie - they don't get everything right."

Last year, Abercormbie london Savile Row was the scene of a protest organized by The Chap magazine against Abercrombie's plans to move into No. 3. The famous street, located in London's pricey Mayfair district, is currently home to 12 bespoke tailoring businesses, who fear being pushed out if chain stores arrive abercrombie uk.