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Made to Measure

The suit turns him into someone else. The question is whether she wants the suit or the man who was inside it before.

Episode 1: The First Fitting

6 episodesMagicRomance

Episode 1 plays here for free. From episode 2 onwards you need a Dreamy Shorts membership.

What Made to Measure is about

He has sat at the same desk in a London law firm for years, sorting files, holding doors and being called by name whenever someone happens to remember it. The receptionist has known him for five years and in that time has looked at him exactly twice. Then he steps into a tailor's shop in a side street that appears on no map, and is measured for a suit that can do more than fit. With every piece that is finished, the man inside it changes. Posture, voice, the walk down the corridor. Made to Measure is the story of that transformation, piece by piece.

First comes the jacket, and the jacket walks in ahead of him. Colleagues turn round, the receptionist too. After hours she stays longer than her rota requires. But the tailor gave a warning, and the series does not let you forget that magic has a price. The better the suit fits, the less remains of the man who ordered it. She is the first to notice. Before the firm's summer party she has to decide who she actually wants: the jacket that walks in, or the clerk who used to stand next to her in the lift and say nothing.

Episode 1, The First Fitting, shows the grey routine, the reception desk, the side street and the tape measure. You see him recognise himself in the mirror for the first time, and the tailor telling him what the cloth demands. No magic is visible, not yet. But the needle in the sleeve glows for a second. Whether a suit off the peg is enough in the end, Off the Peg will tell you.

All episodes of Made to Measure

EpisodeTitleAccess
1The First FittingFree
2The Jacket Walks InMembership
3After HoursMembership
4The WarningMembership
5The Stationery RoomMembership
6Off the PegMembership

Made to Measure on DreamyShorts: episode 1 free, membership from episode 2

Having a look costs nothing: Made to Measure episode 1 plays here, straight in the player, no account and no app. From episode 2 you need the premium membership at Dreamy Shorts, 19.99 USD a month or 119.88 USD a year, approx. £15 a month or £91 a year, converted, rate varies. You set up the account with Google or email. Cancelling works any time according to the provider, and payment is discreet.

Six episodes, each one to two minutes, with subtitles: The First Fitting, The Jacket Walks In, After Hours, The Warning, The Stationery Room and Off the Peg. The series runs under Magic and Romance, one of the few magic stories in the catalogue without a witch or a dragon. It suits an evening when you have felt overlooked yourself and want to know whether a different cloth is enough.

Why DreamyShorts?

  • Every episode runs one to two minutes. You do not need a free evening, a bus ride will do.
  • Episode 1 plays here with no account, no app and no credit card. Only once a series has hooked you is the next step worth taking.
  • The membership opens up every episode of every series, new series are added all the time, subtitles are included, and according to the provider you can cancel at any time.
  • Portrait format, built for the phone. It works just as well on a desktop.

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Questions about Made to Measure

Is Made to Measure on DreamyShorts free?

The first episode plays here without signing up. On Dreamy Shorts itself episode 1 is free without an account, episode 2 after a free account, premium from episode 3. From episode 2 here, the rest is only available with the membership at 19.99 USD a month or 119.88 USD a year. No countdown, no special price, just those two options.

What is the magic in Made to Measure?

The suit. Every piece the tailor finishes changes the wearer: first his posture, then his voice, then what he thinks of himself. There are no spells and no effects, just cloth, a needle and a warning he does not take seriously. The magic lies in the question of how much of him is left at the end.

Who is Made to Measure on Dreamy Shorts the right series for?

Anyone who likes romance with a catch. No affair, no husband, but a receptionist who has to choose between appearance and the man, and a clerk who understands his price too late. If the Magic category sounds too much like Fantasy to you: this series is set in an office.