Early days of production involved cutting out on the breakfast bar and sewing up on the trusty old Elna and an ancient second-hand industrial overlocker. Fortunately, my first job out of school had been in a large clothing factory where we churned out garment after garment on the production line. Payment was based on a bonus system, so the more you made, the more you got paid. This helped me to develop skills that enabled fast, quality production of the underwear. After a while the poor old Elna couldn’t keep up and I realised I needed a more specialised machine;