Shiva Tailoring | Alterations

Shiva Tailoring | Alterations: 

A tailor is a person who makes, repairs, or alters clothing professionally, especially suits and men’s clothing.

Although the term dates to the thirteenth century, tailor took on its modern sense in the late eighteenth century, and now refers to makers of men’s and women’s suits, coats, trousers, and similar garments, usually of wool, linen, or silk.

The term refers to a set of specific hand and machine sewing and pressing techniques that are unique to the construction of traditional jackets.

Retailers of tailored suits often take their services internationally, travelling to various cities, allowing the client to be measured locally. ( Tailoring & Alterations )

Traditional tailoring is called “bespoke tailoring” in the United Kingdom, where the heart of the trade in London’s Savile Row tailoring, and “custom tailoring” in the United States and Hong Kong.

This is unlike made to measure which uses pre-existing patterns. A bespoke garment or suit is completely original and unique to each customer.

Famous fictional tailors include the tailor in The Tailor of Gloucester, The Emperor’s New Clothes and The Valiant Little Tailor.

A more recent example is John le Carré’s The Tailor of Panama.

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As the tailoring profession has evolved, so too have the methods of tailoring.

There are a number of distinctive business models which modern tailors may practice. While some may practice many, there are others who will practice only one or two. Local tailoring Local tailoring is as the name implies. ( Persian directory)

Typically the tailor is met locally and the garment produced locally.

This method enables the tailor to take professional measurements, assess posture and body shape to make unique modifications to the garment.

Local tailors will typically have a showroom or shopfront allowing clients to choose fabrics from samples or return the garment easily should it require further modification.

This is the most traditional form of tailoring.

Hong Kong Tailors and London are the most famous for high-quality bespoke tailoring, on average it takes about 2 to 3 fittings and about 50 to 70 working hours to handmake one suit.