seamsters
Professional fabric workers
Seamsters is the plural of seamster, a person who sews professionally.
The word is the masculine counterpart to seamstress, though seamstress has largely absorbed both genders in modern usage.
Seamster survives mainly in deliberate attempts to avoid the feminine form: The shop employed several seamsters and seamstresses.
Clothing alteration professionals
- needleworkThread-based textile craft
- stitchingJoining with needle, thread
- sewingCraft with needle and thread
- dressmakersThose who sew garments
alterations · hemming · basting · patterns · cutting · fitting · mending · darning
Craftsmen's mutual aid societies
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
- textileMaterial from woven fibers
- cottageSmall rural home
- preindustrialBefore factory-based economies
handmade · clothiers · haberdashers · mercers · apprenticeship · journeymen · piecework · sweatshop
Custom clothing adjustment
- tradeExchange of commodities
- apprenticeLearner bound to employer
- workshopPlace for making or learning
- atelierCreative professional's workspace
custom · bespoke · commissions · clients · fittings · journeyman · guild · master
tailors
Clothing alteration professionals
- needleworkThread-based textile craft
- stitchingJoining with needle, thread
- sewingCraft with needle and thread
dressmakers · alterations · hemming · basting · patterns · cutting · fitting · mending · darning · piecework
guilds
Craftsmen's mutual aid societies
preindustrial · handmade · clothiers · haberdashers · mercers · apprenticeship · journeymen · piecework · sweatshop · garment district
tailoring
Custom clothing adjustment
- tradeExchange of commodities
- apprenticeLearner bound to employer
- workshopPlace for making or learning
atelier · custom · bespoke · commissions · clients · fittings · journeyman · guild · master · craftsman
seamstersknitters
Yarn crafters
weavers · crocheters · spinners · embroiderers · lacemakers