Twenty-four hours is a promise, not a shortcut. At SirArt, a bespoke kaftan can be measured, cut, sewn and delivered inside a single day — but only because the work is sequenced so tightly that no hour is wasted. Here is how a clean everyday kaftan travels from a home visit to your door.
Hour zero: the measurement visit
The garment starts where the customer is. A SirArt stylist comes to your home or office anywhere in Accra — free of charge — and takes the measurements that matter for a kaftan: neck, shoulder, chest, sleeve, and the finished length you prefer. We also note how you like it to sit: closer to the body or relaxed, cropped at the wrist or longer. If you are outside Accra, the same measurements are taken remotely, guided over WhatsApp, and the cut is made to them.
This visit is where most of the fit is decided. A number written down wrong here costs an hour later, so the stylist measures twice and confirms the brief — fabric, colour, collar, any embroidery — before leaving.
Pattern and cut
Back in the atelier, your measurements become a pattern. For a kaftan this is deceptively important: the drape of the body and the set of the sleeve are what separate a bespoke piece from something off a rail. The pattern is laid on the fabric you chose — cotton or linen for everyday wear, brocade or jacquard for occasions — and cut. A cutter who has done this for years reads the grain of the cloth so the finished garment hangs straight and moves well.
The stitch
Sewing a kaftan is a sequence: shoulders, side seams, sleeves, then the neckline and placket — the details a tailor's eye lingers on. Where a design calls for it, embroidery or beadwork is added by hand, which is the one thing that can push a piece past 24 hours. We flag that at the measurement visit, so the timeline is agreed before the first stitch, never sprung on you at the end.
Nothing here is rushed for its own sake. The reason the fit is the signature is that time goes into the fit: the seams are pressed open as they are sewn, the hem is levelled on the body's proportions, and the collar is set so it frames rather than gapes.
Finishing and the final press
A finished kaftan is trimmed, its threads cleaned, and pressed properly — the press is what makes a new garment look new. It is checked one last time against the original brief: right length, right fit, right fabric. Only then is it folded or bagged for delivery.
Delivery, door to door
Within the 24-hour window, the pressed kaftan is delivered to your door across Accra, or couriered to the diaspora, door to door. If you would rather collect it, it waits pressed and ready at the Spintex Baatsona flagship. Either way, the loop that began at your home closes back at your hands.
That is the whole promise: measured on you, cut to you, sewn by hand, delivered in a day. Explore the kaftan lookbook, see the full range of made-to-measure options, or step inside the Adinkra Legacy collection and the wider SirArt collections.