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The job of a tailor was to measure a person's figure and to make a pattern from those measurements. How carefully the tailor made these measurements and cut the fabric depended how well the clothing would fit a person's body. Tailors made clothing for both men and women. They made capes, coats, shirts, breeches, and stays, a boned body support that gave a structure to the bodices of clothing of women and children. It was proper that colonial children learned to stand and sit properly, so stays helped to perfect the posture. Tailors were almost always men and they made clothes for the wealthy and the poor. The only difference in the clothing for the rich and the poor was the quality of the fabric. Most of the tailors did not sell fabric, so the people would select the cloth from a merchant and bring it to the tailor to be made into a garment.
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Created by Laura and Leora Solomon Schechter Day School June 2006 |
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