Tailor Job Description

Boyds Philadelphia is an iconic, luxury fashion destination. Family-owned for four generations, Boyds features Women’s and Men’s designer collections and accessories from the world’s finest brands.

The Tailor is responsible for Altering, repairing, or fitting garments.

Responsibilities:

• Fit and study garments on customers to determine required alterations.
• Measure clients to ensure proper product fit.
• Sew garments, using needles and thread or sewing machines.
• Operate sewing equipment.
• Measure parts such as sleeves or pant legs, and mark or pin-fold alteration lines.
• Measure materials to mark reference points, cutting lines, or other indicators.
• Make garment style changes, such as tapering pant legs, narrowing lapels, and adding or removing shoulder pads.
• Let out or take in seams in suits and other garments to improve fit.
• Take up or let down hems to shorten or lengthen garment parts such as sleeves.
• Assemble garment parts and join parts with basting stitches
• Record required alterations and instructions on tags, and attach them to garments.
• Mark products, workpieces, or equipment with identifying information.
• Remove stitches from garments to be altered, using rippers or razor blades.
• Repair or replace defective garment parts such as pockets, zippers, snaps, buttons, and linings.
• Examine tags on garments to determine alterations that are needed.
• 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.
• Press and smooth garments using hand irons.
• Maintain garment drape and proportions as alterations are performed.
• Trim excess material from workpieces.
• Measure customers, using tape measures, and record measurements.
• Sew buttonholes and attach buttons to finish garments.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3-5 years of relevant experience in tailoring
• Jackets: ability to take in sides, shorten sleeves, collars and jackets.
• Pants: ability to hem, take in waist, seat, and crotch
• Shirts, Blouses, Vests: ability to shorten hems and shorten sleeves from the top, take in side seams & add darts
• High attention to detail
• Experience with Men’s suiting a plus

Physical Requirements:

• Prolonged periods of sitting
• Ability to perform repetitive movements for a long period of time

Tailor Job Description

Boyds Philadelphia is an iconic, luxury fashion destination. Family-owned for four generations, Boyds features Women’s and Men’s designer collections and accessories from the world’s finest brands.

The Tailor is responsible for Altering, repairing, or fitting garments.

Responsibilities:

• Fit and study garments on customers to determine required alterations.
• Measure clients to ensure proper product fit.
• Sew garments, using needles and thread or sewing machines.
• Operate sewing equipment.
• Measure parts such as sleeves or pant legs, and mark or pin-fold alteration lines.
• Measure materials to mark reference points, cutting lines, or other indicators.
• Make garment style changes, such as tapering pant legs, narrowing lapels, and adding or removing shoulder pads.
• Let out or take in seams in suits and other garments to improve fit.
• Take up or let down hems to shorten or lengthen garment parts such as sleeves.
• Assemble garment parts and join parts with basting stitches
• Record required alterations and instructions on tags, and attach them to garments.
• Mark products, workpieces, or equipment with identifying information.
• Remove stitches from garments to be altered, using rippers or razor blades.
• Repair or replace defective garment parts such as pockets, zippers, snaps, buttons, and linings.
• Examine tags on garments to determine alterations that are needed.
• 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.
• Press and smooth garments using hand irons.
• Maintain garment drape and proportions as alterations are performed.
• Trim excess material from workpieces.
• Measure customers, using tape measures, and record measurements.
• Sew buttonholes and attach buttons to finish garments.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3-5 years of relevant experience in tailoring
• Jackets: ability to take in sides, shorten sleeves, collars and jackets.
• Pants: ability to hem, take in waist, seat, and crotch
• Shirts, Blouses, Vests: ability to shorten hems and shorten sleeves from the top, take in side seams & add darts
• High attention to detail
• Experience with Men’s suiting a plus

Physical Requirements:

• Prolonged periods of sitting
• Ability to perform repetitive movements for a long period of time

Tailor Job Description

Boyds Philadelphia is an iconic, luxury fashion destination. Family-owned for four generations, Boyds features Women’s and Men’s designer collections and accessories from the world’s finest brands.

The Tailor is responsible for Altering, repairing, or fitting garments.

Responsibilities:

• Fit and study garments on customers to determine required alterations.
• Measure clients to ensure proper product fit.
• Sew garments, using needles and thread or sewing machines.
• Operate sewing equipment.
• Measure parts such as sleeves or pant legs, and mark or pin-fold alteration lines.
• Measure materials to mark reference points, cutting lines, or other indicators.
• Make garment style changes, such as tapering pant legs, narrowing lapels, and adding or removing shoulder pads.
• Let out or take in seams in suits and other garments to improve fit.
• Take up or let down hems to shorten or lengthen garment parts such as sleeves.
• Assemble garment parts and join parts with basting stitches
• Record required alterations and instructions on tags, and attach them to garments.
• Mark products, workpieces, or equipment with identifying information.
• Remove stitches from garments to be altered, using rippers or razor blades.
• Repair or replace defective garment parts such as pockets, zippers, snaps, buttons, and linings.
• Examine tags on garments to determine alterations that are needed.
• 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.
• Press and smooth garments using hand irons.
• Maintain garment drape and proportions as alterations are performed.
• Trim excess material from workpieces.
• Measure customers, using tape measures, and record measurements.
• Sew buttonholes and attach buttons to finish garments.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3-5 years of relevant experience in tailoring
• Jackets: ability to take in sides, shorten sleeves, collars and jackets.
• Pants: ability to hem, take in waist, seat, and crotch
• Shirts, Blouses, Vests: ability to shorten hems and shorten sleeves from the top, take in side seams & add darts
• High attention to detail
• Experience with Men’s suiting a plus

Physical Requirements:

• Prolonged periods of sitting
• Ability to perform repetitive movements for a long period of time