As a tailor or dressmaker, you'll design and make new clothes or come up with creative ways to repair and alter items. It's a customer-focused role, so you'll enjoy talking to clients and understanding their needs.
You'll give advice on style, pattern and fabric and take accurate measurements to create mockup garments and finished pieces. You'll be confident working with your hands, cutting out fabric and sewing garments by hand or machine.
· Measuring clients
· Recording clients' measurements
· Discussing fabric and style requirements with clients
· Calculating the cost of the clothing
· Shaping garments by hand or with a machine
· Repairing clothes such as re-attaching buttons and stitching tears
· Marking the shape and design on the material and cutting around it to meet the clients' requirements
· Making adjustments such as shortening sleeve lengths, taking in seams or narrowing lapels
· Pressing garments using irons or machines
· Adding padding and other shaping materials
We are looking for a talented costume designer to join our crew. In this role, you will be required to meet with the producers and directors, analyze and interpret the script, research time periods and character histories, and coordinate the process of costume design from conception to creation.
To be a successful costume designer, you should be highly versatile and able to work under pressure. A skilled costume designer should be able to accurately interpret the director's vision and be able to create costumes in a variety of styles.
