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Overview
Dressmakers design, make, fit, alter and repair tailored or hand-made garments from textiles, light leather, fur and other materials.
In job descriptions, look for body measurements, size charts, finished measurements, garment patterns, fabric selection, sketches, hand-made textile techniques, alterations, embroidery and customer specifications.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
Dressmaker work is hands-on garment creation and alteration. It can include discussing customer specifications, taking body measurements, preparing patterns, cutting fabric, fitting garments and repairing finished pieces.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes textile materials, hand-made textile techniques, pattern making, sketches, embroidery, buttonholes, alterations, finished measurements and reading size charts.
Salary context
Salary context depends on garment complexity, fitting responsibility, custom work, fabric value, client contact, speed requirements and whether the role includes design as well as sewing.
Career paths
Career paths can move toward couture work, alteration specialist, pattern cutter, sample maker, atelier lead, costume work or small-business tailoring.
Good to know
Check whether adverts name made-to-measure clothing, womenswear, children’s garments, pattern work, fittings, repairs, fabrics, machinery and how much direct customer contact is expected.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context, not official labour-market statistics or role-specific pay data.
Where might this occupation occur?
This occupation may occur in several kinds of economic activity. Here are some examples and other occupations that may be found in the same areas.
Manufacture of wearing apparel
This is one example. Other occupations in this activity include tailor and sewing machinist.
Explore this activityThese examples offer an overview but do not show every economic activity where the occupation may occur.
About this information
The selection is based on how occupations are connected to economic activities in ESCO and NACE. Only a few examples are shown to make the information easier to use. The occupations were selected because they are close in occupation area and important skills. The examples are not a ranking. They do not show where most people work, where demand is highest, or which occupation is best suited to a particular person.
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O*NET relationships
See occupations connected to this ESCO occupation in the official O*NET–ESCO mapping. The relationship type comes from the source and is not a ranking or recommendation.
O*NET relationships: 1
Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers
51-6052.00
O*NET occupation is broader
The O*NET occupation covers a broader field of work than this ESCO occupation.
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These relationships come from the official European Commission O*NET–ESCO crosswalk.
Relationship direction: O*NET occupation to ESCO occupation.
Several O*NET occupations can point to the same ESCO occupation, and one O*NET occupation can point to several ESCO occupations.
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NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
14Manufacture of wearing apparel
Alternative labels
Occupation group
Tailors, dressmakers, furriers and hatters (7531)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/5589e8e0-48d9-4193-8c85-86ba9f17e0e9 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 7531.2 |
| ISCO group | 7531 |
| Concept type | Occupation |