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A groom’s guide to sherwani fittings
Two fittings, one pair of mojris and the shoulder check most grooms forget: getting the sherwani right.
Grooms usually arrive later than brides, often eight or nine weeks before the wedding, and that is enough for most of our sherwanis. The wine velvet sherwani takes eight weeks and the ivory raw-silk one six, each with two fittings.
At the first appointment we take around 22 measurements, including the shoulder slope and the distance from the collar to the first button, which decide how a bandhgala collar sits. Stand normally when we measure. Grooms who pull their shoulders back for the tape end up with a jacket that feels tight on the day.
The first fitting is in the actual fabric with the seams basted, so we can still move them. This is when we fix the length; a sherwani should end around the knee or just below, depending on your height and the length of the churidar folds. Bring the mojris or juttis you will wear, since a heel of even two centimetres changes the hem. The second fitting, about two weeks before the wedding, is for buttons, cuffs and the final press.
If you are matching the bride, bring a fabric swatch from her lehenga, not a photo, because screens shift colour badly. We can dye the safa to match and choose button pearls or thread colours to echo her outfit. Last of all, sit down in the sherwani at the final fitting. If the buttons strain when you sit, you will spend the evening standing up.
