Cut with intent — inside the workshop.
The hand-finishing rituals that shape every Richman blazer — pad-stitched lapels, hand-set sleeves and the small refusals that separate a garment from a piece.
Walk into our Dhaka workshop early enough and you will find the cutters before the room is fully lit. Chalk lines on cloth, the weight of shears, a slow morning rhythm. This is where every Richman blazer begins.
Machines stitch quickly. Hands stitch carefully. We use both — but the parts that matter most are still set by hand.
The lapel
Our lapels are pad-stitched by hand, hundreds of small diagonal stitches that bind the canvas to the cloth without flattening it. The lapel rolls — it does not crease.
It is invisible work. You only notice it because the jacket sits the way it does, season after season.
The sleeve
A sleeve set by hand has a softness through the shoulder that a machine cannot quite match. It allows movement without pulling. It ages with the wearer.
Each refusal of a shortcut compounds. That is the whole craft.