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The cut is only one aspect of fit. There is also stitching, fiber orientation, and stretch. Most people can't articulate what they like and do not like about a
by saosebastiao 13y ago
The cut is only one aspect of fit. There is also stitching, fiber orientation, and stretch. Most people can't articulate what they like and do not like about a fit, let alone choose fabrics and stitch types that they like for different body locations and clothing purposes. This is the reason top quality bespoke tailors make orders of magnitude more money than the guy down the street.
Production is also a problem. Small Batch production is typically 5-10x more expensive than the long lead time Large Batch production. Individual production can be up to 100x more expensive. The cut isn't the problem; a master tailor might allocate 5-10% of the 10-30 hours of making a bespoke suit to matters of cut. Cut is also one of the few areas where small batch manufacturers have cost parity with large batch manufacturers. Assembly is what makes custom production so difficult. Even with super-precision robotics, dexterity is a huge problem. Most large batch manufacturers only automate 5-10% of the total stitches for a garment...the rest is done by high-dexterity human hands.
Its a hard problem. A more solvable problem would be to drastically expand the number of possible size options, and use state of the art supply chain techniques to bring them to cost parity with larger companies and their smaller size selections. I'd be interested in doing quite that if I found the right co-founder...but that itself is a problem of its own :)