Alterations Specialist, 57th Street Flagship Boutique
Core
Produce high quality, altered merchandise and provide excellent service to clients in a luxury boutique setting.
Role type
Alterations Specialist (Luxury Retail)
Builds
Altered and repaired luxury garments for clients
Domain
Luxury Fashion Retail
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Altering and repairing garments, fitting garments, sewing techniques, fabric knowledge, operating sewing machines and pressing equipment, client communication, attention to detail
Preferred skills
Luxury retail alterations experience, leather/knits/beading/fine tailoring knowledge, foreign language skills
Technologies
Sewing machines, pressing machines, irons
Responsibilities
Altering or repairing clients' garments (hemming, mending, lengthening, taking in/letting out seams), fitting garments to determine alterations, constructing garments per client specifications, maintaining client-owned pieces, ensuring equipment is in working order, labeling and recording alterations
Seniority
Individual Contributor