Pattern Drafting for Bespoke Menswear

Posted: June 24, 2021

Pattern Drafting for Bespoke Menswear is a great place to start your sartorial journey.

No matter how well a garment is made, if the patterns aren’t cut correctly and an appropriate fit isn’t achieved, fine stitching will not make up for its shortcomings.

Whether you are a novice or a professional, you will learn everything you need to know to venture into the bespoke tailoring trade confident of success.

Pattern drafting isn’t just about following a system. It has as much to do about assessing figures, studying posture and recognising the idiosyncrasies of the human form that make us all unique to one another.

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Whether it's learning a new language, a musical instrument or an artistic skill, ten thousand hours is the recognised time frame to master any subject.Tailoring is no different. Ten thousand hours works out to seven years, working a five day week, forty hours a week. This is also the same amount of time our Master Tailor, Rory Duffy spent studying the tailoring trade under some of the finest artisans in both the UK and Ireland.Since Rory did all this, you don’t have to! Our tailoring courses set out all this information which is easy to understand and follow. Read more about tailoring courses

Tailoring Apprenticeships

When we think of learning the tailoring trade one is first drawn to the idea of securing a tailoring apprenticeship. For many, this can be both a positive and negative experience. It’s the temperament of the tailor that makes for a good master. During Rory’s time at Henry Poole’s, three apprentices left prematurely owing in most cases to the attitude of their masters.Many masters find it difficult to relate to their apprentices. Many see themselves in a parental role which in and of itself can cause friction between the two parties. Many older masters reared their children during the time of corporal punishment when hitting a disobedient child was normal. Though they may not have physically assaulted their apprentices, shouting and scolding was a normal response to errors made.Read more about Tailoring apprenticeship

Savile Row Tailoring

Savile Row tailoring, though often copied, is rarely ever equalled. It is also one of the few places in the world you would struggle to find master tailors. On Savile Row, tailors specialise in different areas.These areas are broken down into different skills. Rarely, if ever, does one tailor train in each area. In the instance they had, they probably failed in one skill and hoped they could succeed in another.These years were tough for those in Savile Row tailoring. An ageing staff caused a drop in the making standards and many examples of the clothing found from this era show a substandard product that would not be acceptable today. Click here to know more about Savile Row tailoring

Make Your Own Waistcoat

The first garment Rory ever made himself was a waistcoat. Though not in fashion then as they are today, this didn’t deter Rory from wearing it at any given time. Making your own waistcoat is a great way of getting pride from one’s own work and marking the stepping stone from spectator to tailor. When compared to other garments like trousers and coats, the waistcoat is a much simpler garment to make. It holds all of the key skills needed to master to make both trousers and coats. Read more about make your own waistcoat.

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Since the release of my free video series The Making of a Coat in 2012, I realised the need for a ’how to make a coat’ video series on coat making and an in-house coat making class, particularly Savile Row coat making.So many people say, ‘tailoring is a dying art’. It's not because there are fewer people taking up the needle but rather aspiring tailors are finding it harder and harder to secure an apprenticeship under a master of the trade.Read more about How to make a coat.

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At The HTA, we have promised to bring Savile Row style bespoke tailoring to you in HD ‘how-to’ videos. After much consultation with present and former students from our tailoring school, we have decided to follow up with the belt loop plain fronts trousers.*There will be a follow-up series in the future where we will make our signature brace-top/half band with pleats and turn up hems.As requested, we have added side straps and buckles as well as inside brace buttons.*There will be a follow-up series in the future where we will make our signature brace-top/half band with pleats and turn up hems.Read more about tailoring academy

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Pattern Drafting for Bespoke Menswear