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🧾 Job Description
Industry: Luxury Apparel / Custom Tailoring
Location: Naples, Florida
Employment Type: Temp-to-Hire
🔧 Position Details
Role: Experienced Custom Tailor
Pay Rate
• $45–$55 per hour, based on experience and technical skill
• Compensation may exceed $50 per hour for highly experienced tailors
🏡 Housing & Relocation Support
• Housing is not directly provided
• Assistance finding or coordinating housing may be available for qualified candidates
• Local candidates within approximately 60 miles of Naples are preferred
• Qualified candidates from other Florida areas or elsewhere in the U.S. may also be considered
📋 Job Responsibilities
• Perform high-quality custom tailoring on suits and luxury garments
• Construct and tailor complete suits from start to finish
• Shorten and lengthen suit jacket sleeves while respecting technical construction limits
• Work with functional and finished buttonholes
• Create and repair hand-finished buttonholes
• Perform structural alterations to shoulders, collars, sleeves, and jackets
• Tailor men’s and/or women’s garments according to individual measurements and specifications
• Maintain exceptional craftsmanship and attention to detail
• Deliver work appropriate for a high-end, professional clientele
📋 Job Requirements
• Proven professional experience in custom suit tailoring required
• Experience must go beyond standard ready-to-wear alterations
• Strong knowledge of traditional tailoring and garment-construction techniques
• Ability to work on a complete suit from beginning to completion
• Experience with working buttonholes and hand-finished details
• Experience altering shoulders, collars, sleeves, and other structural areas
• Ability to sew men’s clothing, women’s clothing, or both; area of specialization should be clearly identified
• Functional/professional English required for effective workplace and customer communication
• Experience with luxury or recognized tailoring retailers is highly valued
• Traditional, artisan, or family-based tailoring experience is also highly valued
• No formal “Master Tailor” certification is required; technical ability will be evaluated during the interview process
• Strong attention to detail, professionalism, and craftsmanship required
📈 Growth Opportunity
• Strong performers may have opportunities to take on additional responsibility and future supervisory duties
Salary : $45 - $55