Tailors, dressmakers, furriers and milliners

Example job titles

• alterations dressmaker
• custom furrier
• custom tailor
• furrier
• garment alterationist
• milliner
• seamstress
• tailor

Main duties

• This group performs some or all of the following duties:
• Tailors, dressmakers and alterationists
• Make made-to-measure garments, such as dresses, suits and coats according to customers' and clothing manufacturers' specifications and fit
• Design, select and/or modify commercial patterns to customers' and clothing manufacturers' specifications
• Fit, mark, cut and sew fabric
• Fit, alter and repair garments according to customers' requests by hand or using sewing machines.
• Furriers
• Make, alter, restyle and repair natural fur garments and accessories.
• Milliners
• Design, lay out, cut, sew and press fabric, leather and other materials into hats and related accessories.

Employment requirements

• Completion of secondary school may be required.
• Tailors and dressmakers require demonstrated ability to sew, style and fit men's or women's garments and may require completion of college or other courses in tailoring or dressmaking.
• Furriers require several years of experience in selecting pelts and making, fitting, styling and altering fur garments and accessories.
• Milliners require demonstrated ability to sew, style and fit hats and caps.
• Alterationists require demonstrated ability to sew, alter and repair garments.

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