Generally speaking, facings are seldom used in couture garments. Instead, seam allowances are left generous (at least an inch wide), and once folded back, serve as built-in facings. Linings are then applied by hand, usually right up to the edges of the garment.
It’s a lovely treatment – one advantage is that it’s easy to modify the placement of the seamline right up until the time the lining is attached – there’s no facing to match and re-apply (of course, any changes to the seamlines have to be reflected in the muslin, so that the lining matches the garment). Another advantage is
