How a commission
is cut.
Five seams from measure to fitting — the same method whether the deliverable is a room, a package or a jewel.
The drafting
run.
Each seam produces a document — that's how a commission stays tailored, not just talked about.
Measure & brief
The client writes the problem; the atelier returns a signed brief — deliverables, rounds, timeline and fee basis on file before the first draft.
Study & muslin
Reference, constraints and direction researched; concept studies prepared — the seam where the idea takes shape before the real cloth.
Draft & spec
The working design produced — drawings, dimensions, palette codes and material specs documented so a maker can cut from it.
Review & rounds
The client reviews against the brief; revisions run within the scoped rounds. Every alteration logged in the pattern file.
Sign-off & handover
Deliverables approved in writing; source files and buildable spec handed to the client — the pattern file closes with the client's name on it.
Rules the atelier
sews by.
Measure before cut
No draft exists before the brief is signed — scope in writing is the cheapest insurance in the business.
Pattern over taste
A design is a set of decisions a maker can execute — dimensions, codes and materials, not "feel".
Makers at the bench
Fabrication constraints checked during design, not after — the pattern exists because someone has to cut from it.
Rounds on record
Revisions are scoped, logged and priced — a design never drifts into free-floating alteration.
Files, not pictures
Source files belong to the client on sign-off — the maker gets a buildable package, not a locked deck.
The file is the work
What can't be documented can't be defended — every commission produces a pattern file that stands on its own.
Asked of
the atelier.
A signed brief, a concept study, a working pattern and a signed sign-off — that's the whole shape. Commissions are scoped to a deliverable, not an open retainer; the file closes when the design is approved.
Fixed-fee per commission or scoped retainer depending on the work — the fee basis is stated in the brief before any draft is drawn. Revision rounds are scoped and priced in the brief, not negotiated mid-project.
Design is the deliverable — the atelier produces the pattern, not the garment. Makers and fabricators build from the file; where the atelier coordinates production, it runs under a separate production agreement.
Frequently — a boutique needs interior, identity and packaging at once. The brief names the disciplines involved and the work runs as one pattern file, not three separate projects.
The pattern,
cut to your measure.
Describe the project, the deliverable and the deadline — the atelier responds with a written brief.
Commission the atelier