2nd Fitting - 03/05/10

The second fitting took place at Dave's flat in Acton on 3rd May 2010.

I feel my second fitting went a lot better than my first but there are still a fair few adjustments that need to be made:

Jacket

• The sleeves were re-pinned to make the top of the sleeve bigger (extra calico was added in) at the arm hole because Joe accidently ripped the sleeve out when he moved his arm forward.
• The sleeve was made longer and the cuff lowered.
• I took the sleeve in at the top of the arm by a maximum of 6cm
• The collar was slightly too high to sit comfortably so on the CB I lowerd the top of it and brought the bottom up, only slightly on both accounts but it made a difference.
• The decision to continue with making the jacket length lower on one side than the other was made and the result is the right-hand side of the jacket (side WITHOUT the decorative flap) will be raised by 4 inches and then evenly lowered to match the full length of the other side.
• The bottom of the side seams need to be taken in by 3cm (1.5cm on either side of the seam) on each side of the jacket and evenly tapered back to the top of the seam.
• I marked with pins where the jacket will do up.

Waistcoat

• Shoulder line taken in.
• Taken in 4.5cm on both side seams.
• 1/2 chest measurement = 49cm. Full chest = 98cm (38 1/2 ")

Trousers

• Taken in down the outside leg from the hips to the knee to a maximum of 6cm.
• Taken in down the inside leg from knee to the ankle.
• Waist design line is ok.
• Bottom of the trouser legs to be taken down 2.5cm.

Lining

After discussion at the second fitting, we, the makers and band members, have decided that the lining will no longer be printed. To be honest, this was a relief for us, the makers, because we've got so much to do without having to worry about making up a screen, testing and printing. The reason for changing this part of the design was because the band members didn't want anything to noticibly age the costumes. For example, if we printed The Rileys EP cover, then these will forever be related to that album rather than any other album they continue to make. My costume will age because of the song lyrics, but not noticably as the writing is difficult to read unless you actually make the effort to read it.