Course series
Men's Bespoke Trouser Making - Belt Loop Style
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, we have decided to lead 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.
Like all our video series, we start off with the most commonly used draft, ‘The Straight Leg’ trouser draft. Notes are available in the description of the first episode.
All notes found in these video series are taken from our book, “Pattern Drafting for Bespoke Menswear, the Imperial System”.
For demonstration purposes, we have chosen a 36” waist trouser size, so when you are following the series it gives the closest representation to any size you may decide to make.
This series follows every aspect of trouser making from draft to cut, lay and inlays to lining the topsides, making the pockets and fly, to waistband and curtains.
We have decided on the belt loop style, as I mentioned earlier, paired with slanted pockets and a double jetted back pocket. The reason I chose these styling details is that they are the easiest to do.
My belief is that to be a Savile Row tailor is to be trained by a Savile Row tailor.
Welcome to the club and I hope you enjoy the series.
*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.
Like all our video series, we start off with the most commonly used draft, ‘The Straight Leg’ trouser draft. Notes are available in the description of the first episode.
All notes found in these video series are taken from our book, “Pattern Drafting for Bespoke Menswear, the Imperial System”.
For demonstration purposes, we have chosen a 36” waist trouser size, so when you are following the series it gives the closest representation to any size you may decide to make.
This series follows every aspect of trouser making from draft to cut, lay and inlays to lining the topsides, making the pockets and fly, to waistband and curtains.
We have decided on the belt loop style, as I mentioned earlier, paired with slanted pockets and a double jetted back pocket. The reason I chose these styling details is that they are the easiest to do.
My belief is that to be a Savile Row tailor is to be trained by a Savile Row tailor.
Welcome to the club and I hope you enjoy the series.
About this series
We begin this series like any other with the pattern draft. Through my teachings, many of you may know that I have identified five different leg figuration in my book, “Pattern Drafting for Bespoke Menswear, the Imperial System”. Each leg figuration requires its own variation of the draft. For this demonstration, I have chosen the ‘straight leg’ draft.
For demonstration purposes, we have chosen a 36” waist trouser size, so when you are following the series it gives the closest representation to any size you may decide to make.
We have decided on the belt-loop style paired with slanted pockets and a double-jetted back pocket. The reason I chose these styling details is that they are the easiest to do which makes this course an ideal course for beginners with some sewing experience.
For demonstration purposes, we have chosen a 36” waist trouser size, so when you are following the series it gives the closest representation to any size you may decide to make.
We have decided on the belt-loop style paired with slanted pockets and a double-jetted back pocket. The reason I chose these styling details is that they are the easiest to do which makes this course an ideal course for beginners with some sewing experience.
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