Introduction to Tailoring

Introduction to Tailoring by 3G Elearning
English | January 1, 2023 | ISBN: 1984679031 | 230 pages | PDF | 50 Mb
In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, tailors were responsible for making a variety of outer garments, including capes, cloaks, coats, doublets, and breeches. They gave shape to them by using coarse, stiff linen and canvas for interlining, horsehair cloth, and even cardboard stiffened with whalebone for structural elements. Imperfect or asymmetrical body shapes could be evened out with wool or cotton padding. Luxury garments were often lined with satins or furs to keep their wearers warm. Tailors were the structural engineers for women's fashions and made whalebone stays or corsets until the nineteenth century. A tailoring shop is a small establishment set up anywhere in a marketplace to provide services to individuals for making tailored garments as per their choice or fashion. From individual knowledge of understanding fabric quality and skill in cutting and stitching are important to run a tailoring shop successfully. Tailoring shops may undertake job work for made-ups and home textiles and interior decoration work. Tailoring is an important aspect of fashion design courses, which emphasize the style or cut of the garment and then sewn as per the fitting and body measurements. It can mean a whole new wardrobe for women who feel they never have the right fit.