How do they match: Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers

  • Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers

  • Custom Dressmaker
  • Custom Sewer
  • Custom Tailor
  • Custom Tailor Apprentice

  • Confer with customers to determine types of material and garment styles desired.
  • Fit and study garments on customers to determine required alterations.
  • Fit, alter, repair, and make made-to-measure clothing, according to customers' and clothing manufacturers' specifications and fit, and applying principles of garment design, construction, and styling.
  • Measure customers, using tape measures, and record measurements.

  • Confer with customers or designers to determine order specifications.
  • Estimate costs of products, services, or materials.