A basted fitting in the meeting room

Mr Lam Ngoc Minh ordered a suit made to his own measurements. Both choosing the cloth and the fitting took place at his office, as on-site visits.

Navy and grey cloths, chosen directly from the samples laid out on the meeting table. Budget and timing are the client's own business, and we do not publish them.

The stylist brought cloth samples and the lookbook for him to look through at the table. For the fitting the jacket was made up as a shell: no sleeves yet, white tacking stitches still in. The tailor put the shell on him, checked the shoulders, lapels and the line of the body, then re-measured the shoulders with a tape before the work continued.

The close-ups show the navy fitting shell, tacking still in, on the client himself: the step that lets the finished suit follow his own shape.