Commissioning
The process
A commission is not something that happens in an afternoon. This is the shape of it, honestly stated, so you know what you are agreeing to before you begin.
- 01
Request
You leave your email and a note. I read it myself and reply personally. If the date is not possible, or what you want is outside what I do well, I will say so plainly rather than take the booking and disappoint you later.
- 02
Appointment
We meet in the atelier or by video. We talk about the occasion, the body, the cloth and the budget. You leave knowing the price. I leave knowing whether I can build it.
- 03
Design & pattern
Sketches, then a pattern drafted to your measurements. Not graded from a standard block, but drafted. This is where a garment stops being a picture and becomes a structure.
- 04
Fittings
First in calico, then in the real cloth. Bodies change, and a garment made ahead of a wedding has to be corrected close to the day. Fittings are not optional.
- 05
Finishing
Hand-work: hems, beading, appliqué, linings, closures. The slowest part, and the part that separates a made-to-measure garment from a bought one.
Every commission is designed and fitted personally, so the book closes when it is full rather than stretching to fit.
Investment
On price
I do not publish a price list, because no two commissions cost the same. A figure is given at the appointment, before any work begins, and it does not move unless you change the brief.
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