I was a tailor once. Made ladies’ coats. High class. Long, beautiful red, flowing like a cape. Made of wool. For one of the famous stores on Oxford Street, London.
The collars were interesting in that there weren’t any, sort of. The entire edge, or hem, all around the edge of the coat was one long stitch. It was an ankle length coat, so it was a pretty long stitch. It was more like a big shawl with sleeves.
I don’t remember the buttons, but there was another machine for that part of the process. I was just given the cloth parts of the coat by the cutter and just sewed them together using a Brother industrial sewing machine.
At another factory, I used Singer sewing machines to make leather jackets. Working with leather is a much more difficult and complex process. [Read more…] about Tinker, tailor, solder, spry: Adidas uses robotics, automation and 3D printing in advanced manufacturing process
