For my entry, I made a women’s three-piece suit in a forest green pinstripe (100% wool, 300GMS, 10.5 Oz, Dugdale Bros & Co). The jacket features bias cut panels and diagonal seaming, side body cut-outs, a single back vent, notch lapel and couture hip pockets. Cutting the pattern for this jacket was a challenge: trying to create the desired silhouette and suppression, whilst navigating the negative space from the side cut-outs. I also eliminated the shoulder seam so the pinstripe would flow seamlessly across the shoulder, which was also an unconventional cutting detail. The trousers were inspired by Scottish trews trousers, with a single pleat, displaced dart, back yoke, slanted frog pockets and turn-up hems. It took a series of pattern developments to get the placement of all the elements to lay perfectly on the body. Generally, design decisions on the placement of the pinstripes, careful treatment of the cloth whilst working on the bias, and then constructing the garments to ensure correct pattern matching, were an ongoing consideration.