tailor shops

Garment adjustment businesses

Tailor shops are establishments where tailors work, making or altering clothing to fit individual customers.

The term emphasizes the physical location rather than the craft itself: There used to be tailor shops on every block downtown.

Most tailor shops today focus on alterations rather than creating garments from scratch.

Related

suit fitting · fitting · hemming · needle · thread · fabric · measuring · tape measure · pins · pin cushion · sewing · sewing machine · dressmaker · buttons · chalk · mannequin · dress form · scissors

Opposites
customization versus standardization

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Large retailers with varied sections

H&M · Primark · Forever 21 · warehouse clubs · outlet malls

creation versus disposal

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Engineered waste disposal sites

thrift stores · Goodwill

skilled craft versus automated production

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Buildings producing sewn apparel

Family

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G