Making a Tuxedo 2:: More Muslins

As I previously wrote, I am currently making a wedding taxedo. It is in the collaboration with Rina, as she made the wedding dress, groom’s dress shirt and bow tie and I am making a tuxedo jacket and pants. The pants have been completed. I just need a proper model for the photos, and if I can get Channing Tatum for this task, I will be most pleased.. Since it is just my dream, I will have to convince Andy to put them on for some pictures. Making the tuxedo pants went pretty smooth despite the fact I used a pattern that was written in Russian, but I will save that story for another day.

The jacket has been extremely time consuming. If you are wondering why nothing new has been updated in the shop, this is why. The first muslin did not fit well, as you can see in this post. I think it would have fit him alright with a few miner adjustment like shortening sleeves, but the problem was that I used a regular fit jacket pattern and the groom wanted a slim fit. I didn’t realize that was what he was going after until the first fitting session. After that I made major pattern adjustments to the BurdaStyle Ehren pattern. It was pretty stressful since I don’t have much experience in sewing men’s clothes except for a few easy t-shirts. But after three muslins and 1 wearable muslin jacket for Andy, I think I finally got the patterns right.

To accomplish the slim fit, I took measurements of the slim fit suit jacket he owns and fits him well. Then I took in a lot on the side, front, back, shorten the jacket length, sleeve length, and changed the shape of the lapel. I wasn’t a big fan of the round collar-ish lapel (not sure how to describe it) that the original pattern had.

If you happen to be on a train during rush hour, you’d notice many business men with super slim fit suits. I don’t know what is up with this super slim fit suit trend in Japan, but some guys look ridiculous with skinny jeans shaped trousers with crotch area that are embarrassing to look at. Thankfully, the groom I’m working with is looking for more regular slim fit than super tight.

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