What Do You Call Someone Who Does Alterations?

A seamstress is a person whose job involves sewing clothing. You could be a seamstress if you hem your own pants, but most seamstresses work in factories sewing garments using sewing machines. Traditionally, a seamstress was a woman who sewed seams in clothes using a machine, or occasionally by hand.

What do you call someone who alters clothes?

A tailor is a person who makes, repairs, or alters clothing professionally, especially suits and men's clothing.

Who is a seamstress or tailor?

According to "Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary," a seamstress is a "woman whose occupation is sewing," (a male is referred to as a seamster). A tailor is "a person whose occupation is making or altering outer garments." Seamstresses/seamsters usually work with the fabrics, seams and hemlines.

Sophia Al-Mansoor

Sophia Al-Mansoor

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