measured friday, fitting for saturday
Published: Friday, November 17th 2006
I AM RETURNING TO NEW YORK AT THE END OF JANUARY, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE ME, PLEASE EMAIL ME.
I AM ALSO IN LONDON ON THE 11th JANUARY, PLEASE EMAIL ME IF YOU WOULD LIKE AN APPOINTMENT TO MEET ME.
I have had a client visit me today who lives in Frankfurt, Germany.
He is a new client to me and visiting the UK for the short term but is a Yorkshire man born and bred.
We had spoken briefly on the telephone and via email regarding making a suit for him.
We firmed up the order and as Rob already knew the fabric he wanted, I ordered the cloth ready for our next meeting from the selected merchant.
We decided it would be easier and a sensible way to go if Rob was measured on Friday and returned on the following day the Saturday for a first fitting.
However as with everything in tailoring my day has had a few developments added to it and has ran something like the following.
The appointment with Rob was for 10.30am today and Rob was bang on time.
We had finished our fitting for 11.50am which was perfect as I then had a radio interview for BBC radio Sheffield to do at 12 noon!
I finished the interview for the radio at at 12.55pm which was just in time for Nigel who is a very good client of mine to turn up at 13.15pm.
Nigel left me at around 13.45pm and just as I was about to start Robs pattern and suit another client Richard turned up at 13.55pm and left at 15.25pm.
I finally started on Robs alterations and got Robs patterns altered and re-cut his suit which is a very nice two piece navy with faint red stripe the cloth being from LBD.
When we first sorted the order out I thought yes plenty of time to get the patterns made cloth cut and suit fitted up, I will have all Friday afternoon, hmm. I have literally just finished fitting up the jacket!
I will have to make an early start with the trousers tomorrow.
Picture below is me marking the jacket in prior to cutting it out.
This picture shows the canvas for the above mentioned jacket.
I had a discussion today with Rob regarding the construction of the jacket and settled on a canvas that is not too soft, but not firm either a canvas just in between the two.
My client is slim but has a good chest which you can see with the canvas on the table.
The canvas is on the table the way it will be in the jacket so you can see the shape at the chest.
This last picture shows the jacket baisted together ready for the first fitting tomorrow which is Saturday.
The jacket has NO padding in the shoulders at all, Rob did not ask for me to make it this way but I just felt the jacket might carry no padding as I made the fitting this afternoon, we shall see at the fitting how we go.
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