The approach to a bespoke consultation is every time different according the nature of the event. Everything start with a chatting between the designer and the customer about her vision of herself in that specific situation and what she is into or not, in order to understand as much as possible her tastes and determine the boundaries between the infinite options. It’s also very important understanding the kind of venue or event where the dress will be worn in order to balance the expectations with what actually the venue requests. All these thoughts will bring to the sketches making and a following discussion with the costumer in order to find the right one after some amendments if necessary. The following steps will be the fabrics choice, hand embellishments design and materials research. If all these aspects are confirmed, one can safely move on to taking measures on the customer in order to let the pattern maker start doing the pattern and consequently a toile (prototype) of the garment in a temporary and similar to the chosen one fabric. The Toile will be perfected by sartorial fittings with the customer until getting the best result in the shorter time as possible. The final steps will be cutting the garment on the final fabrics and proceeding with the manufacturing of it and eventual embellishments; it might need a further sartorial fitting in some occasions before the final retouches. It’s hard to define the average making time because the uniqueness of each creation but please, feel free to get in touch with us to discuss about your ideas and needs.