How it runs
Shorter than bridal, same method.
Three fittings, sometimes four. The sequence is identical to a bridal commission — toile, cloth, baste, fit, finish — simply compressed, because there is one garment rather than a whole day to dress.
The forty-a-year cap is what keeps the hand-work honest. Beading and hem-rolling are done at the frame on the third floor, and neither can be hurried without showing.
- Lead time
- Twelve to sixteen weeks
- Fittings
- Three, sometimes four
- Intake
- Forty commissions per year
- Cloth
- Silk shantung, duchesse, embroidered tulle
