Will AI Replace Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers?

Measure parts, such as sleeves or pant legs, and mark or pin-fold alteration lines.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Remove stitches from garments to be altered, using rippers or razor blades.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Sew garments, using needles and thread or sewing machines.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Let out or take in seams in suits and other garments to improve fit.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Measure customers, using tape measures, and record measurements.

Routine cognitive or manual task with high vulnerability to automation.

Fit and study garments on customers to determine required alterations.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Trim excess material, using scissors.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Assemble garment parts and join parts with basting stitches, using needles and thread or sewing machines.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Make garment style changes, such as tapering pant legs, narrowing lapels, and adding or removing padding.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Maintain garment drape and proportions as alterations are performed.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Take up or let down hems to shorten or lengthen garment parts, such as sleeves.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Repair or replace defective garment parts, such as pockets, zippers, snaps, buttons, and linings.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Press garments, using hand irons or pressing machines.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Fit, alter, repair, and make made-to-measure clothing, according to customers' and clothing manufacturers' specifications and fit, and applying principles of garment design, construction, and styling.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Estimate how much a garment will cost to make, based on factors such as time and material requirements.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Position patterns of garment parts on fabric, and cut fabric along outlines, using scissors.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Record required alterations and instructions on tags, and attach them to garments.

Routine cognitive or manual task with high vulnerability to automation.

Confer with customers to determine types of material and garment styles desired.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Examine tags on garments to determine alterations that are needed.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Develop, copy, or adapt designs for garments, and design patterns to fit measurements, applying knowledge of garment design, construction, styling, and fabric.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Put in padding and shaping materials.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Sew buttonholes and attach buttons to finish garments.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.