The London Lounge

All,

I am curious whether anything can be said about this tailor and their work from the picture below (WIP coat for a suit).

Since it's a basted coat I cannot say much except that the collar is hand sewn.

It looks like a typical basted coat. How the final coat will look is the big question.

Is it an actual coat (bespoke for you) or a display coat (merchandising_. What I find curious is that the pockets are already cut and trimmed, which is not a normal procedure for a coat at its first basted fitting!

Some tailors give two fittings as usual. The next will be the sleeves and collar. A well fitted pattern then two fittings is plenty for some. Looks like a birds mouth notch.

For a first coat it is nice for three fittings in case the button stance might look better higher or lower and how the shape of the lapels are.

koolhistorian wrote:Is it an actual coat (bespoke for you) or a display coat (merchandising_. What I find curious is that the pockets are already cut and trimmed, which is not a normal procedure for a coat at its first basted fitting!

Some tailors skip the fitting without pockets. The reason is that you don't have to take the canvas away to form the pockets and then place the canvas back in to permanently baste it in. Some tailors do it this way routinely, others may do it when they are pretty confident with the fit on an established client.

I like the way the arm scye has been cut in a tear drop shape. Too many cutting manuals show a plain oval shaped armscye.

There is no roll at all in those lapels, which would trouble me quite a bit.

I also dislike the shape of the peaks, and overalll the front seems too "closed."