SLIM FAT GIRL
Today, one of our lekpa sized students made a well fitted dress for a plus size client. Incidentally, her client wouldn't pose for a picture, so the mannequin did the posing instead.
This lady wouldn't be smiling this way if she has experienced what I did in 2014....why would she?
In 2014, I got serious about building a fashion business. I got a sewing space, hired some staff and told everyone I knew that I was in the business of fashion.
I got sooo good at making dresses that everyone wanted me to make theirs.
Erex designs graced pageant stages and everyone applauded. Why wouldn't they? Everyone I made clothes for were slim....just like me and I knew just how to make clothes for slim people.
One day, a lady I had made a ready to wear skirt for told her friend just how good a tailor I was and the lady brought her "child dedication" blouse to be sown within 48hours.
I followed our standard protocols and insisted she pay 2x the normal amount. She enthusiastically obliged to make the payment but guess what? I goofed big time!!!
While the dress finishings were neatly done, the Underbust area just could not lap. (Nobody cares about your perfect finishings if the dress does not fit)
She kept complaining about how she hated her look till she walked into the church hall with her son in her arms.
A few days later, she came back to my office and raised hell. The woman seized my signed project cover and insisted she would be fully refunded.
You see, in a bid to fix the dress, a staff of mine at the time ruined the dress and I was too busy to check. I trusted her…a little too much.
After the drama, I “ran away” because the fat clients were frustrating me. I hated them as much as I loved the slim “model” clients. Problem was, the model clients were students and most didn’t have the money to pay for my services. I had to find a way to bring satisfaction to my “fat clients” whom I now fondly refer to as bold or plus size beauties.
If you are still scared of making clothes for anyone apart from yourself or people within your size range, its a sign that you need to gain more advanced skills on dress making.
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