Thursday, October 18, 2012

Inside Fit Meetings

What I love the most about working on the production team is being able to collaborate with the other teams as well.  A few times a week we will have fit meetings that include production, design, pattern makers and the sales team.  Each style has at max a total of 4 fittings: adoption, 1st, 2nd and PPS (pre-production sample).  Adoption fittings will be with the original sample from the runway show.  There, new materials will be discussed as well as cost and slight changes to make the style more salable.  The 1st fit is an entirely new sample created by one of the pattern makers in the sample size 6.  Usually things are not perfect at this time, so notes must be taken and then printed off for the pattern makers.  Skipping to the PPS fit, the garment should be perfect and ready to be sent to the correct factory to get produced and then shipped to retail stores.

Fit meetings take place in the production manager's office and includes a lot of people.  The space gets a little cramped sometimes!  The fit model will model the the styles and all of the teams will comment on whether or not the fit is correct.  Things to keep in mind are shorter women, movability, comfort and design.  The production manager and pattern makers will pin where corrections need to be made.  I assist with pins and am responsible for taking pictures of the front, side and back views of each of the styles and then updating the fit information and handing them off to the pattern makers to correct.

Here are some 1st fit photos I took for the Spring 2013 collection.
An embroidery closeup from one of my favorite looks

In my last post I mentioned that the Bridal show was last week in the showroom.  I unfortunately couldn't go, but I think only a select few people at the office were allowed to go anyways.  Vera's Fall 2013 collection was devoid of color and went back to the traditional white and creme colors.  The amount of layers and tulle and detail was incredible!  She's definitely a master at what she does.  Here are a few of my favorites:


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  1. UnknownOctober 21, 2012 at 1:06 PM

    It must be amazing to be able to see these in person! That embroidery is beautiful!

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  2. Polished MollieOctober 22, 2012 at 6:51 PM

    Those bridal gowns are stunning! It must be cool to get such an inside look at the fit process and feel responsible for part of it! It seems like you are really enjoying your job.

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