The studio
One cutting table,
six machines, one shop.
Placket is the third floor of an old garment building on East 3rd Street, Los Angeles: a cutting table, six sewing machines, a pressing iron and a shop at the front.
How a piece is made
Four steps,
all in one room.
01
Drafted on paper
Every style starts as a paper pattern, sewn up in calico and tried on three people before we cut a metre of the real cloth.
02
Cut forty at a time
Forty layers on the table, chalked once and cut with a straight knife. Small runs mean a sleeve can change between batches.
03
Measured and sewn
Eleven people at six machines, one garment from start to finish each, measured against the pattern before it is pressed.
04
Folded and sent
Folded the way you would fold it into a drawer, wrapped in paper and tied with cotton string.
Visit the shop
Everything on this site
is on the rail.
The shop at the front of the studio is open Thursday to Sunday, 11 to 6. Try anything on; if we are cutting that day, you can watch.
Address
812 East 3rd Street, Los Angeles, CA 90013
Hours
Thursday to Sunday, 11–6
Phone
(213) 555-0148