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Tahi Reserve a fitting

Your barong, chalked from your numbers.

Give us six measurements and watch the pieces land on the cloth. The bolt tells you the metres, the metres tell you the price, and the calendar tells you the truth about piña.

Metres on the bolt
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The cutting table A bolt of cloth 114 centimetres wide lying on a green cutting mat. The pattern pieces for your barong are chalked on it from your measurements: the front, the back, two sleeves, the collar band and two cuffs. A coral line marks where the cloth is cut. bolt, 114 cm wide front, on fold back, on fold sleeve sleeve collar cuffs cut at · m
Chalked at the house defaults. Move a slider and the pieces move.

The measurements

Six numbers, in centimetres. A friend and a soft tape are enough; we re-take every one at the fitting.

98 cm

Around the fullest part, tape level, breathing out.

44 cm

Across the back, bone to bone.

62 cm

Shoulder bone to the wrist bone, arm slightly bent.

74 cm

Nape to where you want the hem; a barong hangs over the trousers.

39 cm

Around the base of the neck, one finger under the tape.

18 cm

Around the wrist bone.

Fit

The cloth

Three weaves, all 114 cm wide. The bolt above re-weaves when you choose; the metres stay the same, the price and the wait do not.

Choose the cloth

The embroidery

On the front panel, by hand, in Lumban. Density is the difference between a quiet barong and a wedding one.

Choose the motif
Density

The fitting

Tell us when you need to wear it. The calendar answers before you give us a name.

I need it in

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Nothing is sent from this showroom page.

Cutting ticket

No. ·
Measurements
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Fit
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Cloth
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Cut
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Embroidery
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Tailoring
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Total
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Ready
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Half on cutting day, half at the last fitting. Piña is cut only after the first fitting; we do not cut an heirloom cloth to a guess.

Tahi · Malate, Manila · a fictional atelier built for the Flexperts showroom