A Fitting, Observed

A Fitting, Observed
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A Fitting, Observed

ASMR · 2012 · 8:01 · 558,436 views

No interview, no music. Chalk, shears, steam, and a fitting from start to finish.

An eight-minute fixed-camera record of a standard fitting at the counter — the tape snapping, the pins, the final press. Filmed in 2012, it found its audience years later with the internet's ASMR community.

The most relaxing thing in the shop is still the work itself.

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He’s good, thank you. Hi. Where are you from? Perth, Australia. Australia, okay. Nice place. Yeah, it’s all right, not as nice as this place. Come for holiday? Yeah, yeah. How long do you stay? This is my last night today. You fly tomorrow? Yep. Okay. What do you do for a living? Back in Australia, trade. Trading, yeah. Good price, we have nice cloth, you know, very cheap. You can go for 100 Australian, 90 Australian, depends on the material. You see the heavy wool, very nice. See the lining? How much would you say that would be? This material is different, you know. Your friend is outside? Yes, that’s him, yeah. Okay, take a seat, see this material. So you get many customers coming in? Yeah, yeah, all from Australia, for business and holidays, you know. Normally what color suit you wear? Dark colors. Dark color, this is nice. Light, you know, see. And this screen, see the mirror? Oh yes, yeah. Or you can see maybe something in this piece from here, because Perth is hot, you know, hot place. So you need lightweight material. And you see this one, this is nice dark blue. Yeah, that’s nice. Very nice for evening time also, party or business. And I’ll show you the style, like a classic style. You see, this is two-button. Look here, clean look. Two button, that’s nice. And the backside make vents. Trousers, you like flat front? Ah yes, that one is modern. How long does it take? You fly tomorrow, what time you fly? Late night, so I could come back tomorrow. You can come back maybe about 6 or 7 and pick up the suit. Only one suit? I’m just looking at the moment, yeah. If you want it, I’ll come back tomorrow. If you have time tomorrow, I can make it for you, about 150. Do you post it? Can you post it? Yeah, yeah, yeah, can make and ship. And you see also the trouser, make knee lining, coin pocket, key pocket, give enough room. Metal zipper, coin pocket, and silk knee lining so you don’t feel itchy. Very nice. And no wrinkle, see, you keep in the luggage. If you buy in Australia, you pay a lot of money for a good suit. Suits are expensive in Australia, right? Yes, very expensive. You see, you can keep in the luggage like this, 10, 12 hours, no problem, sir. Just keep like this, no problem. What time do you open? I open about 9:00. I open about 9:00. I have nothing on tomorrow, so no problem. If you have time, come back around 10:30. My name is Sham. Website and everything is on the card. Nice meeting you. You can think about it. Price tag is very good. I’ve had a lot of people coming up to me, but this sounds very good. I give you a couple of cards for your friends too. Sure, thank you very much.