Bespoke dark brown fresco suit (in progress) part II
Third fitting. One thing I asked the tailor to do, which I am beginning to doubt a little, was to sew the pleats a few centimeters lower than standard. This was dictated by the desire to make the pleats as straight as possible. I didn't capture the effect well in the photo, but it seems to make them look shallower visually. I was unhappy that the tailor did not consult me on the shape and position of the pockets in the jacket (I wanted hacking pockets) or the fastening on the trousers (he made them buttoned, when I would have preferred an elongated hook-and-eye fastening). However, the foundations seem solid. As for the jacket, the tailor put in a lot of padding, but I'm wondering if even more would be in order. I'm also considering a larger opening/slit at the bottom to visually lengthen the leg line. Perhaps a slightly narrower waistline — but for now, I'm going with the strategy of “widening the shoulders instead of suppressing the waist.” The tailor will widen them by another half a centimeter, and we'll see the results at the next fitting. What do you think, gentlemen?