The Tailoring Process: A Behind-The-Scenes Look at Making Your Custom Suit

Do you need a suit that flatters your figure while still maintaining a timeless aesthetic? The tailoring process is the key to finding the perfect fit.

Learn how to go behind the scenes, understand what to look for, and make sure your custom suit fits like it was made just for you.

The Measurement Process: Taking Accurate Measurements

Accurate measurements of the client’s body are essential in creating the perfect-fitting custom suit. The tailor works to ensure that each custom-made garment compliments the wearer’s body shape and size. While many tailors can provide a custom-made suit, it’s important to choose an experienced and skilled tailor like YSG Tailors who can take precise measurements to ensure a perfect fit.

The tailor should start with full body measurements, including shoulder length, shoulder width, chest circumference, waist circumference, abdomen circumference, hip circumference, length from shoulder to waist and length from waist to knee/ankle. Additional consideration should be given to neck size as well as sleeve and jacket lengths. Smaller additional measurements may also be needed depending on design preferences such as cuff height or armhole size.

Once the tailor has created an accurate full profile of the wearer’s body shape the second step is to take more detailed measurements by selecting points around different areas of the body. These key points are discussed with the technical info provided with each particular design style in order to ensure that all necessary parameters are met while achieving a comfortable fit at all stages of movement.

This detailed approach ensures that each area is measured accurately in order for every part of your garment fits optimally and looks fantastic when complete!

Designing Your Suit: Customizing the Details

Your tailor will help you create a custom-made suit that’s tailored just for you. As you start designing and choosing details, keep in mind everything from fabric to fit, color and pattern.

Fabric: Different fabrics can give your suit an entirely different look. Choose from lighter or heavier fabrics depending on the climate, or what kind of activity you’ll be using the suit for. Talk to your tailor about their recommendations – they’ll have suggestions that’ll allow you the freedom to express yourself without compromising on quality.

Fit: With a custom-made suit, the fit is key and should be taken into account when talking with your tailor. There are many options when it comes to fit; relaxed, regular, tailored and slim are all available to choose from. Depending on your preference, work with your tailor to understand what options best fit your individual needs organizationally as well as aesthetically.

Color & Pattern: Choosing colors for a suit can be difficult — but with help from an expert tailor there’s no reason not to try something different! Depending on the purpose of the suit and its intended occasions, darker shades tend to exude sophistication while lighter colors project more of a casual style like bright pastels or checkered designs. Make sure you discuss your desired look and show examples if available!

Finishing Touches: Hemming, Pressing and Embellishments

After all of the stitching, hemming and pressing, it’s time to tie up any loose ends and give your custom suit a finished look. Before you know it, you will be ready to proudly wear your custom tailored suit!

Hemming: At this stage, the trousers or skirt still have extra length left in them which needs to be cut off and stitched finished. This is called hemming– where rough fabric edges are finished into neat seams of different lengths. Hemming can be done with a regular double-needle stitching machine or an overlock machine. The type of fabric used will determine how the hemming is done- whether a fold-up or machine-stitched turn up will be used on the outside edge.

Pressing: Once all pieces are sewn together, the garment needs to have its seams pressed so that they hold their shape and add visual appeal to the garment. The shirt should now retain its shape even when worn several times afterward due to quality fabric and pressing techniques used during its production process.

Embellishments: For an added personal touch, most custom suits come with embroidery or other embellishments like buttons, badges or patches which can add an extra bit of personality for special occasions. You can also match the suit with some good fashion accessories. A skilled tailor is needed to ensure that these embellishments are tastefully placed on each individual piece so that a unique look is created.

With all of these finishing touches completed, your suit is officially ready for wearing!

Fitting and Alterations: Making Sure Your Suit Fits Perfectly

Once you’ve chosen a custom suit design, fabric, and cut, the tailoring process begins. This includes selecting a suit pattern based on your body measurements, making sure that all materials are correctly cut, and attending to any individual preferences or details you’d like added. After the pattern is chosen and the material is cut and tailored expertly, it’s time for the most critical step in getting you your perfect-fitting custom suit: fitting and alterations.

This step involves ensuring that your suit fits perfectly—no matter how many times you put it on or how often you move while wearing it. During the fitting process, adjustments such as lengthening or shortening sleeves, tacking hems of pants or coats, opening up seams to re-shape a coat or lapel to fit better around certain body types—all of these modifications are taken care of by experienced tailors who give attention to even small details. Even after several fittings until perfect alignments are achieved, some last-minute tweaks can be required before the suit is delivered to your doorstep!

Watching your own custom tailored suit be finished gives you an appreciation for the time and skill that goes into creating each individual suit or garment. You’ll have something to wear and treasure forever that no one else in this world has – a unique item just for you! With a custom tailor, every step of crafting your one-of-a-kind piece starts with a vision and develops into something truly special by someone who understands both fashion and craftsmanship. After weeks or months of careful design, analysis, cutting, sewing, pressing and more – your special piece is ready! Enjoy styling it up with accessories such as belts, hats or scarves – dress it up or down however you like!