We would like to welcome our newest model, Mitch Selby. Mitch identifies as genderfluid, is a mature wildly amusing college student majoring in biology, (edit: Mitch does not identify as mature; "I have a reputation to uphold") and is helping us to make sure that our first line of suits caters for queer people of size. Mitch is proud to be opinionated, outspoken and articulate, and said to us, "I’d really love to be a part of helping you build a company that caters to me and anyone else who loves a good, well-fitting piece of clothing."
Why we have added a new model
After announcing our initial cohort of models, some Saint Harridan followers - Mitch included - got in touch to tell us that we hadn't managed to capture a diversity of sizes, even though we had aimed to do so right from the start.
We took some time to reflect on that criticism. We're very proud of the models that we did choose; they are all fascinating, beautiful people and in so many ways do reflect the diversity of our community. We selected our models to represent a range of gender identities, ethnicities, occupations and waist sizes. Despite this goal, we ended up choosing models who were relatively slim for their heights.
The average waist size for a mainstream model is 24". Our models now range in size from 27" to 47".
Building better suits together
Part of the challenge of serving a diversely-sized community is preserving the integrity of the patterns we will use when it comes to mass-producing our suits. As you scale a clothing pattern up or down, it starts to become less accurate, and provides a less perfect fit for people at the far ends of the scale.
We don't want to simply scale up our standard prototype for larger bodies. We want our product to have integrity. Now that Mitch has joined the cohort of models, we have decided to create two baseline prototypes to ensure the integrity of our patterns in our first line of suits.
Creating two patterns for our first line of suits involves a significant financial investment on our part, and increases our costs at the early design stage, but we feel it is necessary if we are to stand by our
commitment to support a diverse community.
This issue is very important to us. We want to provide a product that serves our community as best we can. As we learn how to do that, we are asking that you continue to support Saint Harridan - because at the core we are you, and hopefully you consider yourself one of us.
Why we have added a new model
After announcing our initial cohort of models, some Saint Harridan followers - Mitch included - got in touch to tell us that we hadn't managed to capture a diversity of sizes, even though we had aimed to do so right from the start.
We took some time to reflect on that criticism. We're very proud of the models that we did choose; they are all fascinating, beautiful people and in so many ways do reflect the diversity of our community. We selected our models to represent a range of gender identities, ethnicities, occupations and waist sizes. Despite this goal, we ended up choosing models who were relatively slim for their heights.
The average waist size for a mainstream model is 24". Our models now range in size from 27" to 47".
Building better suits together
Part of the challenge of serving a diversely-sized community is preserving the integrity of the patterns we will use when it comes to mass-producing our suits. As you scale a clothing pattern up or down, it starts to become less accurate, and provides a less perfect fit for people at the far ends of the scale.
We don't want to simply scale up our standard prototype for larger bodies. We want our product to have integrity. Now that Mitch has joined the cohort of models, we have decided to create two baseline prototypes to ensure the integrity of our patterns in our first line of suits.
Creating two patterns for our first line of suits involves a significant financial investment on our part, and increases our costs at the early design stage, but we feel it is necessary if we are to stand by our
commitment to support a diverse community.
This issue is very important to us. We want to provide a product that serves our community as best we can. As we learn how to do that, we are asking that you continue to support Saint Harridan - because at the core we are you, and hopefully you consider yourself one of us.
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