what does a tailor do
Tailors make clothes to fit specific customers. Tailors often make suits for their clients. Tailors create outfits for customers. A tailor's tape measure. A tailor will design a suit to custom fit a client. A tailor makes suits and other clothing fit a customer's body by cutting or adding and stitching fabric.
In Colonial Times, almost everyone needed a tailor. Tailors made clothing for both men and women. For men, they made greatcoats; cloaks; robes, including loose fitting banyans and wrapping gowns, derived from Japanese kimonos; and sherryvalleys, which were worn on the legs over breeches to protect clothing.