Blog Project - Chris Despos Bespoke Process

[Simply Refined]

Here is the next update in my experience with Chris:

http://www.thesimplyrefined.com/chris-d ... nd-basted/

Nothing really in the way of photos, but I'm very much excited to see the results at the forward fitting in the first week of April.

[dempsy444]

Chris, recently completed a suit for me and i couldnt have been more happy with the result. I believe he chose to do two basted fittings for me as well. I recall him saying that he wanted to be sure the balance and proportion was just right before trying to shape the suit and that a change at the basted fitting would have an effect on where to shape the suit ( but I could have this wrong). Hence, he did two basted fittings before going to the forward. I appreciated this judicious approach and found that it made me feel on safe ground, and also led to a very smooth forward fitting. I think he finished mine in three fittings. Do you recall other reasons for doing two basted fittings?

Nice article by the way in the Rake.

[Simply Refined]

Those are the same reasons why we did two basted fittings. The coat balance has been shifting a little each time and it's much easier to fix at this stage.

Thanks for the compliments on The Rake as well.

[le.gentleman]

Great post Stephen, I look forward to the end result! Did you decide against a trouser lining?