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

  • Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers

  • Industrial Seamstress
  • Alterations and Tailor Shop Fitter
  • Alterations and Tailor Shop Sewer
  • Shop and Alteration Tailor

  • Design, make, alter, repair, or fit garments.

  • Repair or replace defective garment parts, such as pockets, zippers, snaps, buttons, and linings.
  • 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.

  • Repair textiles or apparel.
  • Mark products, workpieces, or equipment with identifying information.
  • Operate sewing equipment.
  • Position patterns on equipment, materials, or workpieces.