A basted-up first trial is a half-finished jacket — sleeves attached with white tacking thread, lapel pinned, no buttons. You put it on and we see, on you, what the pattern is doing.

Almost every customer needs a posture correction at the first trial. Shoulder slope, blade prominence, stance forward or back. The pattern adjusts before the lining goes in, before the buttonholes are cut, while the garment is still soft enough to change cheaply.

After the lining is in, a fit issue isn’t a fix. It’s a compromise.

The second trial is the finished garment. You walk in, we hand you the suit, you wear it for ten minutes, and we make the final small adjustments — a sleeve length, a trouser drape — that finish the piece.

It is one extra appointment. It is the difference between a suit you wear once and a suit you wear for a decade.