Hi! how useful are these books? I read that he is esteemed and also that the books are quite thin, more like bound manuscripts. I’m learning drafting and tailoring for pure pleasure, rather than being a professional, but do love text and details heavy relevant books!
Thanks, Linda
Knowledge can come from anyone. His books are good. Some parts are hard to understand. His instructor at Tailor and Cutter was Phillip Dellafera. His diploma was huge hanging on a wall in his house. His coat making book has useful information about fitting coats. It might help you in some areas. Good tailors explain fitting problems the way they understand it. If some of his methods help you understand how to solve some problems, then you have won. Sometimes you might want to use his method and other times some other methods. Having a number of books on this subject is well worth the money, including Rory's.
Grandfather said one pin at mid shoulder to find balance. This is quick and easy. Pull the pin, shift the front up down, left right, diagonal to best location. Move the back up down. Pin mid shoulder again, then neck shoulder point (fronts parallel). How much padding at end of shoulder. Decide shoulder seam location. He put it out sight of front. Decide what kind of sleeve cap. Etc. Different ways to achieve desired. Different books point out different things. The more the better, sometimes. Rory has his own thoughts worth reading and learning.