One column coat takes twelve hours of handwork, spread across four days and three pairs of hands.
It starts on the inside, with the canvas. A layer of horsehair is stitched in by hand, so the chest keeps its shape without going stiff.
The collar is set by eye, not by machine, and eased in a few millimetres at a time. The sleeves go in last, after the body has rested on the stand overnight.
The final press takes about forty minutes. By the end, the coat has been handled more than two thousand times.