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22 where: the rolls-royce factory in goodwood, england who: a
seamstress
in the 130-strong
leather
department
what: sowing one of the 450 pieces of
leather
used in a phantom a
seamstress
is working with one of the 450 sep- arate pieces of
leather
that adorn the cabin of a rolls-royce phantom. it takes the
seamstress
and the other 130 craftspeople in the goodwood factory?s
leather
department
17 days to make and process 50 square meters of
leather
for each car. the
seamstress
es often spend even more time on a car when a customer requests specially tai- lored personal details. recently, for example, a customer wanted an eagle?s head embroidered into the
leather
on each of the four headrests, which required an additional 32 hours? work. today, this kind of request is more the rule than the exception. three out of four royces (the correct term?never ?rolls?) are sold to custom- ers who require some form of personal custom- ization. a team of 50 designers and technicians are employed specifically to turn these wishes into reality. the designer?s approved sketches for items like eagle?s heads or?more ordinarily?specially de- signed suitcases and bags or just seams with con- trasting colors of thread end up with the seam- stress or other workers in the
leather
department
. other requests are sent to cabinetmakers or met- alworkers so they can manufacture special orders for items like opulent customized picnic sets for the new car. the
seamstress
is part of a 30-strong sewing team in the
leather
department
. ten years ago there were only four. all the workers come from very different professional backgrounds. there are saddlers, upholsterers, sailmakers and even lingerie makers. it?s this collective experience that ensures there is an expert on hand to meet ev- ery customer?s exact wishes.
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