Secrets of a Professional Historical Tailor ft. Tom van het Hof

Historical tailoring is a very special craft and one that feels daunting to many individuals. For that reason, I thought it would be beneficial to interview professional historical tailor, Tom van het Hof, and ask him to share some of his tailoring wisdom. I reached out to you all over at the Community tab and asked what you wanted to know, and here it is! This interview is loaded with information on more technical elements of tailoring, along with what some of the differences are between how tailoring was conducted back then versus how it is today. Some of the topics we cover include what contemporary tailors could learn from historical tailors and vice versa, what size seam allowances to use, differences between vent styles, best places to find old books, essential types of fabric to get started, best ways to do pad stitching/lapel shaping, and much more. If you'd like to see more of Tom's work, be sure to follow him over on Instagram or check out his website: https://www.instagram.com/tom.van.het.hof/ https://www.tomvanhethof.com/ A big thanks to Beachfront B-Roll for the following clips: https://archive.org/details/FloatingBubbleStockFootage http://www.beachfrontbroll.com/2015/04/free-stock-footage-of-flowers-blooming.html http://www.beachfrontbroll.com/2016/08/Free-Stock-Footage-of-a-Meteor-Shower.html#more 🕯 Support my art on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/vbirchwood ✨ Leave a donation: https://ko-fi.com/vbirchwood 🌙 Books I read, supplies I use, gear I film wi