A Bespoke Norfolk Suit in the Making – An Insight into Traditional Tailoring.
Many hours of work go into making a bespoke three-piece suit. Here, we present a brief series of photographs illustrating selected stages of the process. In this particular case, the garment is a Norfolk suit, a style with a number of distinctive features and details. From a tailoring perspective, however, the same principles and techniques apply as they do to any other suit.
Images 1: The pattern is complete, and the individual pieces are now being chalked onto the cloth.
Image 2: The details are being chalked onto the front of the jacket.
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Image 3: The suit has had its first fitting, and the pockets are ready to be sewn. Here we see a breast pocket.
Image 4: Large bellows pockets, ideal for carrying all the essentials!
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Image 5: The separate trouser pieces.
Image 6: The trouser pockets.
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Image 7: The button tab on the inside of the waistband. All buttonholes are sewn by hand.
Image 8: The inside of the trousers. The buttons have not yet been attached.
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Image 9: Trouser detail: the back adjuster.
Image 10: Here, the front of the waistcoat has been freshly pressed.
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Image 11: The pockets, lapels and collar are now in place. The sleeves are the only parts still missing.
Image 12: The jacket is almost finished; only the buttons remain to be attached.
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