Luxury Fashion Alterations Specialist

Job Description Fashion professionals seeking a challenging opportunity to utilize their skills in tailoring and garment alterations will find this role exciting. Strong problem-solving abilities and attention to detail are also necessary to ensure accurate measurements and precise alterations. A plus factor is experience working with men's suiting. Saturday availability is required. Responsibilities: • Fitting and studying garments on customers to determine required alterations • Measuring clients to ensure proper product fit • Sewing garments, using needles and thread or sewing machines • Measuring parts such as sleeves or pant legs, and marking or pin-fold alteration lines • Measuring materials to mark reference points, cutting lines, or other indicators • Making garment style changes, such as tapering pant legs, narrowing lapels, and adding or removing shoulder pads • Letting out or taking in seams in suits and other garments to improve fit • Recording required alterations and instructions on tags, and attaching them to garments • Marking products, workpieces, or equipment with identifying information • Removing stitches from garments to be altered, using rippers or razor blades • Repairing or replacing defective garment parts such as pockets, zippers, snaps, buttons, and linings • Pressing and smoothing garments using hand irons