What is Custom?

Custom is what the customer wants. In this day of digital sharing, there is so much information available to new workrooms on the internet and they explore and learn fabrication techniques for draperies and other soft goods. One result of this sharing has been a slightly skewed version of what custom means. This article defines the difference between what should be standard between all workrooms and what should be custom.

This article was published in Drapery & Design Professional magazing, 2010, issue 6. It is reprinted here with permission.

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