This is a jacket that I patterned and tailor for the character Seymore in Little Shop of Horrors. This was the first bit of menswear that I had been able to do since the COVID-19 shutdown. It was so nice to just get my hands back into tailoring.
First fitting. I had very few measurements of the actor available to me when I started the patterning process. I was able to take the few I had and guesstimate the others in order to create a mockup jacket to fit. Overall, it worked very well. Th
This and the next few photographs are just some process shots I took. Here we see the canvas front has been pad stitched into the front jacket. Photograph by Grace Keenan.
Facing is stitched in and we are ready to more to the back jacket. Photograph by Grace Keenan.
Close up of single welt breast pocket. Photograph by Grace Keenan.
Close up of one of the double welt pockets. Photograph by Grace Keenan.
Center back vent with plaid all pattern matched. Photograph by Grace Keenan.
Main body of the jacket is finished. Ready for the sleeves and the top collar. Photograph by Grace Keenan.
Fabric fitting. Due to the many changes we made in relation to the collar and lapel, I decided to mockup the top collar for the first fabric fitting to ensure that everything worked before creating the actual top collar. Photograph by Grace Keenan.
Photograph by Bob Christy.
Photograph by Bob Christy.
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