Well, the time for Meet My Monkey has come and passed, with some positive signs as well as some challenges in the road ahead. I'll give a quick synopsis of what went down in the hai.

After submitting the fabrics and their specs to the factory, we thought all was well. How wrong we were to think with such naïveté? You shall soon find out. I collected the blazers from the factory following two separate mistakes out of the 9 blazers that were made. These mistakes were irreversible, and thus a whole other two blazers needed to be made. Never mind that however, the factory took responsibility and we were still on schedule. After delivering the blazers for their initial inspection to our designer, Adam, we sat together and discussed what was good and bad about each blazer. The craftsmanship and quality of the blazers seemed very well, I really liked the way that the factory was able to differentiate between our different designs. Quality Control Check: Passed.

Next, it came time for me to deliver the blazers to each and every one of our participants. Unfortunately, only 7 of the 9 have actually tried them on because some are away and others are always away (thanks for leaving, Jeff!...jk). Out of the 7, 3 fit correctly, 3 had some fundamental sizing problems, and 1 was only off with one measurement (meaning it could be tailored). Those are not good success ratios, and you can see some of the pictures below to further drive home the point that we've got some work to do:

Me with one of the better fitting ones..."I'm not just the owner, I'm also a client!"

Jamey's not too happy about those sleeve lengths...

Brad got a good one, thats because God likes South Africans

Cheer up Rindy! We'll get you a new one ASAP, and this time it won't fit like it was made for a 10-year old!

Well, as you can see, there is plenty of work to be done. But I think we're going to overhaul the whole sizing process and re-think how our customers will size themselves and how much they'll be reliant on our standard sizings. Some of the mistakes were the factory's and some were mine, but the point is that it appears that we have some work to do with this whole process.
We will be changing things, but rest assured however my future monkeys, you will still be able to input as much or as little information about your sizings as you'd like. The mission of the DressMonkey still remains clear, which is to enable customers the world over the ability to decide what they want out of their clothing, not what some douchebag in Milan thinks you would look good in.