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Overview
Milliners combine apparel design with practical headwear construction, using fabric choice, manual sewing, decoration, accessories and fashion references to produce finished hats.
In job descriptions, look for hat making, headwear design, handmade textile techniques, fabric selection, sewing, trimming, mood boards, fashion history and work with custom pieces.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
Milliners usually work with headwear design, fabric handling, trims, fitting and hand finishing. The setting may be a small workshop, costume room, fashion studio or bespoke retail space where each piece needs shape, balance and durable stitching.
Skills and specializations
Strong preparation includes manual sewing, fabric selection, accessory judgment, decoration and mood-board work. Some roles focus on custom hats, ceremonial pieces, theatre wardrobe, repair, blocking or small batches of coordinated headwear.
Salary context
Pay context is often tied to bespoke skill, hand-finishing quality, customer fitting, design responsibility, production speed and whether the role includes pattern development, specialist materials or workshop coordination.
Career paths
Experience can lead toward senior millinery, costume or wardrobe work, bridal and occasion headwear, fashion sampling, textile accessory design or independent bespoke production.
Good to know
Read vacancies for the kind of headwear, expected sewing standard, customer contact, materials, decoration methods and whether the job is design-led or mainly production support.
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 other wearing apparel and accessories n.e.c.
This is one example. Another occupation in this activity is glove maker.
Explore this activityThese examples offer an overview but do not show every economic activity where the occupation may occur.
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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
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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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NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
14.29Manufacture of other wearing apparel and accessories n.e.c.
Alternative labels
Occupation group
Tailors, dressmakers, furriers and hatters (7531)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/fd1c0f5a-f465-4067-af54-621e68c90f74 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 7531.4 |
| ISCO group | 7531 |
| Concept type | Occupation |