Fitting

The first fitting is pure tension, for customer and tailor alike. Bernhard Roetzel sits in on a fitting with Markus Schnurr in a Stuttgart flat and describes what happens when the half-finished suit is on the body for the first time.

Two fittings are the rule in bespoke tailoring. What tailors look for at the first fitting, with sleeves or without, and where made-to-measure differs.