They created custom made shoes which made Gaga appear tall and move freely in the long gowns.
More sophisticated 3-D printing now enables companies to use digital scanning to create custom-made clear plastic aligners and retainers, which are replacing the metal braces used by orthodontists for decades.
They were taken across the street, into a building and up three floors to a workshop where shoemakers create custom-made footwear — some incised with initials or a drawing of the owner's dog, some made of beaver's tail — using techniques that haven't changed in nearly a century.
It could eventually be used to create custom-made monkeys for drug tests.
"Not only can people download data tables," Professor Schill said, "they can create custom-made maps, graphs, pie charts.
At the factory in Ilion, N.Y., Remington craftsmen will create custom-made 20-gauge Parkers that will sell for at least $12,000.
They own the state franchise for Voter Contact Services, a national company that combines registration lists, phone lists, census data -- even a dictionary of ethnic surnames -- to create custom-made mailing labels and computer discs for clients.
The innate immune system is the body's first line of defense against bacteria and viruses, and provides the adaptive immune system with the necessary information to create custom-made B and T cells that target specific bacterial or viral pathogens.
Tomorrow and Sunday from 1 to 4 P.M. in the Kerlin Learning Center, create custom-made sunglasses to view the gardens and river scenery of Wave Hill, West 249th Street and Independence Avenue, Riverdale, the Bronx.
It already has begun selling bomber-style jackets and handbags in Vlisco fabrics, recognizing that the younger generation of Africa's luxury consumers are gradually moving from away from having dressmakers create custom-made clothing for all but the most special occasions.
In addition to using wood and lead type, Fowler also frequently uses nontraditional means — hand-cutting his own images and type out of gasket rubber, for example, or rigging film slides and vinyl records into his old sign press — to create custom-made designs.
