Good start, I'm curios to see where this goes.
My only criticism is the lack of paragraphs making it hard to read.
This part in particular is the worst offender.
I had to copy and paste it into Word and add in paragraphs myself so I could actually read it.
That's about my only gripe though, I look forward to chapter 2
The UK is a pretty big place so without more detail than that it may be hard for people to offer suggestions.
That said, my Daddy and I have had a variety if things made for us and found most seamstresses really don't seem to care what a customer wants made. We probably used 5 or 6 different folks and never gotten even a sideways glance.