Women Pea Coat
Major components
This apparel is a wool-blended pea coat selling at a price of 62.80 dollars and available online at Forever 21.com. The length of the pea coat is 32" from the high point shoulder to the where it falls on the thigh or hem. It adapts a traditional, military style silhouette with a slight slim in the middle section with modern proportions. The coat is belted, a sleek without much detail and has a hidden hook-bar closure at the top. It is double breasted with two front slanting pockets in addition to a hidden snap button at the bottom. This coat has a slight Napoleonic collar with sleeves 25" in length from the high pleated shoulder. It is fully lined with 100% polyester with the shell woven and comprising of 48% polyester, 45% wool, 4% acrylic, 2% rayon, and 1% nylon. The apparel is machine washable with recommended cold, dry flat.
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Construction methods
In constructing this coat, it is important to ascertain that all the pieces including the shoulder seams and the collar are well sized and aligned. The blended wool material should give the coat a good structure as a result of the fabric stiffness.
In addition, the curve of the pattern should be set at the high shoulder well fitting into the pea coat's body. The length of the coat should be measured from the seam at the point where the collar seam joins the body to the hem, and that should be 32.5." this length however, should be slightly longer to allow sewing of the ends. The sleeves...
This needs to be a straight line and not following the elbow bend and in this design and size the measurement is 25." Here the measurement should be taken from the middle of the neck, under the collar all the way to the cuff, along the elbow bend.
When joining the shell and the lining, the lining (polyester) should be 1 inch shorter and has the shell for the center panels. All the seams are sown together; the sleeves and the collar are added for the two sets (Shell and lining). The sewing together can be done either by hand or machine. The shell is then turned inside out then they are layered right sides attached by turning the lining right side out into the shell. The corners and the seam allowances are then neatly trimmed after which the whole coat is pulled out through a gap left on one side of the seam. After pulling the coat and setting it right, the gap is then hand sown. The picture below is a graphical representation of the construction process.
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This belted wool-blend pea coat is in expensive apparel that does not incorporate high end material or stitching. The shell is a blend and not 75% reprocessed wool as the other expensive pea coats in the market retailing at an average of 300 dollars. It is quite fashionable and compares well with others in the market. The impression by the button, tonal panels and seam stitching as well as the slanted pockets adds…
