Today was a fairly quiet day for me. I spent the morning of the day picking up and dropping off garments to and from the two studios.
The afternoon I had a client in, which will be my client throughout my placement. Today I took his measurements under Gabe’s supervision and noted them on our fitting forms. I took half back, back length, waist, sleeve length, opening length and lapel depth. I then went through the design of the jacket, picking out the different aspects that he can have on his jacket. He decided on slant pockets with a ticket pocket on the left, and a standard peaked label, SB2 (single breasted 2 button)  The fabric that he decided was a herringbone lightweight wool mix in a navy with a red and navy poka-dot lining.
As my client came in late afternoon, I put through the fabric order to the mills, and I will take the measurement form to Tian’s tomorrow ready to start pattern cutting. The fabric should take only a couple of days to come through to the shop, but the time scale is never guaranteed, and sometimes it can take up to a week if the mils have a lot of orders.

We have a 6-8 week guarantee from start to finish with our garments, but they never normally take that long! That time frame is to cover the time frame for the fabric to be delivered, and also to add in 1^st and a 2^nd fit if required.