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Become a Professional Tailor in 6 months
Welcome to the Online Tailoring Course by Italian E-learning Fashion School, designed to turn your passion for fashion into a professional skillset. Whether you’re a complete beginner or looking to enhance your existing knowledge, our comprehensive 6-month program will guide you through every step of becoming a skilled tailor.
Learn from the Best
Our teachers are tailors and fashion designers with years of experience. Throughout the course, you’ll receive personalized mentorship—your mentor will review your projects, give a feedback, and help you refine your technique.
Flexible Learning, Personalized Guidance
Study from anywhere, at any time, at your own pace. This online course fits seamlessly into your lifestyle, ensuring that you can balance learning with your personal commitments.
What You’ll Achieve
Over the course of 6 months, you’ll learn everything from the basics of sewing to advanced garment construction techniques. Even if you’ve never sewn before, you will create:
- 2 skirts
- Trousers
- Dress
- Jacket
- Blouse
Our step-by-step approach ensures that you build your skills gradually and confidently.
Tailoring Skills You’ll Master
- Pattern Creation: Learn to design and construct basic patterns.
- Garment Fitting: Master the art of fitting and adjusting clothes to different body shapes.
- Customization: Modify basic patterns to create unique designs and styles.
- Professional Sewing Techniques: Develop the skills to sew a variety of garments with precision and creativity.
Certification and Career Opportunities
At the end of the course, you’ll receive a certificate, recognizing your achievement. With this certification, you can start your career as a tailor in any country, backed by the expertise and confidence gained from a well-rounded, practical education.
Start your tailoring journey today and craft a future in fashion!
Why to choose this course
90% time – Practice
All lessons are practical: under the guidance of teachers, you create a dress, skirt, trousers, blouse, jacket
Unlimited personal tutor
During the course, you are supervised and checked by a personal tutor, an experienced tailor.
1 course=2 professions
1 – you can open your own tailor’s shop
2 – you can work in a company as a tailor.
Certificate of Italian School and Fashion
After completing the course you will get a certificate as a Tailor from Italian School and you will be able to work as a tailor all over the world.
For beginners
You will learn step-by-step how to sew and cut, even if you’ve never sewn before.
Study when you want
All lessons are immediately available to you.
You study when you want
The program of the course “Tailor”
- The course lasts 6 months. It is possible to complete the course in an accelerated pace in 2 months.
- We included various Italian methods of creating clothes in the course: designing a pattern from a basic base, drawing a pattern from a finished garment, working with patterns from magazines like Burda, designing a garment using the moulage method on a mannequin.
- During the course, you will sew skirts, a top, trousers, a jacket, a blouse, a dress.
1 module – Tools of a tailor
- How to choose fabrics
- The weight of a fabric
- Characteristics of fabric resistance
- Characteristics of fabric by elasticity
- Characteristics of fabric by drapability
- Fabric or Knitted fabric?
- Characteristics of fabric by hygiene
- Characteristics of fabric by comfort
- Characteristics of fabric by shrinkage
- Who is a tailor-developer?
- Types of Fashion Silhouettes
- How to take measurements from a woman
- How to take measurements from a man: shoulder garment
- How to take measurements from a man: trousers
2 module – Express Method: How to Sew a Skirt in Just a Few Hours
- Measurements and fabric selection
- Cutting of the skirt
- Cutting out the second half of the skirt
- Product assembly
- Stitching side seams
- Overcasting side edges
- How to thread a sewing machine
- Functions of a sewing machine
- How to wind thread on a boobin
- How to thread an overlocker
- Roller seam on overlocker
3 module – How to Make a Pattern and Sew Trousers
- Types and styles of trousers
- How to draft the basic pants pattern
- Design of back half of trousers
- Flared trousers modeling
- Shorts modeling
- Capri pants modeling
- Tailored trousers modeling
- Slit trousers modeling
- Modeling of trousers with an elastic band
- Yoke trousers modeling
- Modeling of trousers with a low waistline
- Trousers cutting
- Seams delaying, stitching and pintucking
- Middle seams overlocking
- Side and step seams basting
- Side and step seams stitching
- Side and step seams overlocking
- Side seams ironing out
- Preparation for attaching the belt
- Attaching the belt to trousers
- Belt overlocking
- Making a stitch
- Threading an elastic band into a belt
- Hemming the bottom
- Blind seam
4 module – How to Make a Pattern and Sew a Dress
- Types of dresses
- Types of fabrics
- Dresses prints
- Styles of dresses
- Decorative elements of clothing (folds, pockets, flounces)
- How to draft the basic dress pattern
- The base of the shoulder. Scheme
- The back of the shoulder
- Forepart sceme
- Sleeve scheme
- How to use ready-made patterns. Sleeve design
- Forepart and backpart design using a ready-made pattern
- Modeling of a shirt dress
- Modeling of a sheath dress
- Modeling of a wrap dress
- Modeling of a sun dress
- Dress modeling with low and high waist
- Modeling of a cacoon dress
- Modeling an A-line dress
- Modeling the back of an A-line dress
- Modeling a dress with ruffles
- Modeling the back of a dress with ruffles
- Modeling of a flared dress
- Modeling the back of a flared dress
- Dress modeling with a horizontal dart under the bust
- Modeling the back of a dress with a horizontal dart under the bust
- Cutting the dress
- Cutting out the dress
- Basting the front and back halves of the dress
- Stitching side and shoulder seams. Stitching out the middle seams
- Assembling and stiching the sleeves. Finishing seams with an overlocker
- Ironing the seams
- Overstitching of sleeve in a dress
- Stitching sleeves and overlocking armholes
- Making facings
- Gluing parts and cutting out facings
- Seams stitching and overlocking facing seams
- Ironing out seams and hemming the bottom edge of the facing
- Attaching the facing to the garment
- Joining the facing to the dress
- Slits on the neck
- Doing the top-stitching
- Ironing the facing
- Securing the facing at the seams
- Ironing the allowances
- Hemming the bottom of the sleeves and the bottom of the garment
5 module – How to Make a Pattern and Sew a Skirt
- Types of skirts
- Straight skirt sewing technology.
- How to draft the basic skirt pattern
- Modeling a skirt with wrap and drapery
- Skirt with a flounce
- Modeling a skirt with a double fastener
- Modeling a wrap skirt
- Cutting out the back half of the skirt
- Cutting out the front half of the skirt
- Cutting and preparation
- Basting
- Fitting, stitching and backstitching
- Side seams fnishing with overlocker
- Slit processing
- Stitching slits
- Cutting out woven interfacing
- Pinning a zipper
- Sewing on a zipper
- Fly-piece topstitching
- Processing the bottom and ironing darts
- Hemming the bottom
- Making a belt
- Fusing the belt
- Making and overlaying the belt
- Backsticthing the belt
- Topsticthing the belt
- Processing the edges
- Attaching the belt
- Making belt loops
- Bottom processing
- Backstitching the vent
- Sewing on a button
- Buttonhole sewing
6 module – How to Make a Pattern and Sew Blouse/Top
- Types and styles of T-shirts
- Types and styles of Tops
- Types and styles of Long-sleeved shirts
- Types and styles of Sweatshirts
- Types and styles of Sweaters
- How to draft the basic Top/Blouse pattern
- Modeling a top with thin straps
- Modeling a top with wide straps
- Modeling a top with wider straps
- Modeling a crop top
- Modeling a blouse with a button closure at the center front
- Cutting and sewing a blouse
- Initial assembling of a blouse
- Ironing darts on a blouse
- Assembling the side cut
- Ironing seams
- Attaching the sleeve to the blouse
- Sewing sleeves
- Armhole overlocking
- Making a facing
- Front facing
- Cutting out parts from woven interfacing
- Working with shoulder seams
- Cutting interfacing
- Assembling of the garment
- Stitching of the garment
- Ironing the facing
- Overlocking the bottom of the blouise and sleeves
- Ironing the edges
- Ironing the garment
- Stittching along the bottom of the sleeve and finishing the garment
- Finishing the edges at the placket
- Stitching the placket
- Stitching the bottom of the blouse
- Buttonholes of the garment
- Attaching the facing to the blouse
- Assembling the garment
- Sleeves assembly
- Working with interlining
7 module – Fashion Moulage Techniques – A Step by Step Draping (included in premium version)
- Creating sheath dress
- Creating pleated dress
- Creating shirt dress
8 module – How to set up a tailor’s shop
- Types of Ateliers a Tailor Can Open
- Men’s Classic Clothing Atelier: How to Build Client Relationships
- Women’s Clothing Atelier: Structure and Client Management
- Clothing Repair Atelier: Pros and Cons
- How a Tailor Can Work with Clients: A Step-by-Step Guide
- Tailoring for Male Clients: Key Considerations
Creating clothes during the course
Each student during the course cuts and sews various items as practical assignments.
All assignments are checked by a mentor-teacher, who is an experienced professional tailor-designer.
What assignments do you complete during the course:
Learn to take measurements
Create basic patterns for skirts, dresses, trousers, tops.
Create patterns with modeling of skirts, dresses, trousers, tops
Sew a sun skirt, palazzo trousers, an oversize cocoon dress, a straight skirt, a buttoned blouse, a light down jacket
Bonus lessons on opening your own studio
You will receive video lessons with recommendations from a tailor and designer on how to open your own studio.
How to properly establish work with clients and how to stand out from your competitors.
All our teachers have their own experience in creation of successful commercial collections, so they can give you practical advices.
Romy Calzado
- Women’s and men’s clothing designer, fabric and textile designer
- Creative director and designer of her own clothing brand ROMY CALZADO (www.romycalzado.com)
- Won among the top 5 clothing designers of the Vogue Italia magazine competition in 2021
https://www.vogue.it/moda/article/the-fab-5-cover-digitale-vogue-italia-milano-fashion-week - Teacher of design, construction and fashion at ISTITUTO DI MODA BURGO and FASHION SCHOOL MONZA Italy
- Fashion designer for the design house Etro (women’s and men’s clothing)
Tailor and costume designer for the theater and the Italian TV channel RAI (TV show “The Voice”)
Units: Designing and creating clothing designs using the moulage method (draping). How to set up your own studio.
She is a tutor on the course and checks students’ homework
Rossella LOGIURATO
- Fashion designer
- Fashion designer for the brand Shein
- Designer of theatrical costumes for the Italian agency MHO’ Events Agency in Rome
- Tailor and designer for various Italian clothing designers and clothing brands
Units: Clothing lines or silhouettes. Types of fabrics
Ekaterina Streltsina
- Fashion designer, tailor, clothing production technologist
- Worked as a tailor and technologist in production for the brands Gucci, Gianfranco Ferre, Alfred Dunhill
- Head of the department for the production of prototypes of products at the Italian factory Ermenegildo Zegna – the world leader in luxury men’s clothing
- Supervised the production of clothing at factories in Europe for such brands as Gucci, Gianfranco Ferre, Alfred Dunhill, Zegna
- Works as a fashion designer for Italian brands and Italian designers in Milan
Units: Designing patterns for ready-made clothes. Basic skills of a tailor. Materials science
She is a tutor on the course. Checks students’ homework.
Svetlana Knyazeva
- Owner of her own studio of women’s, men’s, children’s clothes
- Tailor-designer with over 20 years of experience (sews women’s, men’s, children’s clothing, suits, uniforms)
- Worked as a seamstress in various clothes factories
- Works as a teacher of the courses “Tailor” in various schools
Units: Creating basic clothing patterns, cutting fabric, sewing clothes
She is the leading teacher and mentor on the course. Checks students’ homework
Gabriella Bellomo
- Italian
- Fashion designer and director of a men’s design studio in Italy
- Worked as a fashion designer for 15 years, first in the companies Miroglio Fashion (a company that produces clothes of the brands Motivi, Elena Miro, Fiorella Rubino Caractere) and Vf Corporation
- Worked as a freelance designer for various international brands
- Opened her own men’s clothing studio SARTORIA Bespoke Tailors in Turin
Units: Taking men`s measurements. Anatomy of men’s clothing. How to open a studio
How to study on this course
1. Apply for the course
2. Get an access to
our distant e-learning portal
3. Watch video lessons
4. Perform practical tasks
and get feedback from
a teacher
5. Perform tests and final progect
6.Get certificate
Individual schedule of classes
- You can start the course immediately after payment
- There are no specific hours of classes, no need to attend trainings or online webinars
- Take lessons only when you want and when you can
You study in Italy from home
- You can be anywhere in the world – all that is important is a computer/phone/tablet and the Internet
- You can study at home, in a cafe, on the way to work
- Upon completion of the course, you will receive a certificate from the Italian school on completion of the course “Tailor”
High quality for low price
One of the advantages of the online education on this course is a low price. Our goal is to make high-quality professional fashion education available for everyone!
Basic version — 559 EUR
- Video lessons (all lessons open at once)
- Additional materials
- Access period to the course – 6 months
- Partly payment — no
Standard version — 659 EUR
- Video lessons (all lessons open at once)
- Additional materials
- Practical tasks during course
- Personal Tutor
- Answers of teachers to questions during studying
- Evaluation of the home tasks and feedbacks by the teacher
- Certificate upon completion of the course
- Access period to the course – 8 months
- Partly payment — 3 months, 269 EUR per month
Premium version — 759 EUR
- Video lessons
- Additional materials
- Premium module Fashion Moulage Techniques – A Step by Step Draping
- Subscription to Trend Report: fashion trends of the season women’s and men’s clothing, accessories for six months
- Practical tasks during course
- Personal Tutor
- Answers of teachers to questions during studying
- Evaluation of the home tasks and feedbacks by the teacher
- Certificate upon completion of the course
- Access to studying may be frozen for a period of 60 days
- Access period to the course – 12 months
- Partly payment — 3 months, 303 EUR per month
Basic version — 559 EUR – 280 EUR
- Video lessons (all lessons open at once)
- Additional materials
- Access period to the course – 6 months
- Partly payment — no
Standard version — 659 EUR – 330 EUR
- Video lessons (all lessons open at once)
- Additional materials
- Practical tasks during course
- Personal Tutor
- Answers of teachers to questions during studying
- Evaluation of the home tasks and feedbacks by the teacher
- Certificate upon completion of the course
- Access period to the course – 8 months
- Partly payment —
3 months, 269 euro per month– 2 parts, 205 euro per month
Premium version — 759 EUR – 380 EUR
- Video lessons
- Additional materials
- Premium module Fashion Moulage Techniques – A Step by Step Draping
- Subscription to Trend Report: fashion trends of the season women’s and men’s clothing, accessories for six months
- Practical tasks during course
- Personal Tutor
- Answers of teachers to questions during studying
- Evaluation of the home tasks and feedbacks by the teacher
- Certificate upon completion of the course
- Access to studying may be frozen for a period of 60 days
- Access period to the course – 12 months
- Partly payment —
3 months, 303– 2 parts, 230 euro per montheuroper month
Does the course teach how to design and create patterns?
The course will teach you various methods of creating patterns for garments:
- creating a basic pattern for a dress, skirt, trousers, blouse
- modeling a basic pattern and creating different versions of clothing models
- creating a pattern on a mannequin or on a person using moulage method
Will I be able to get a job as a tailor or seamstress after completing your course?
Yes, upon completion of the course, you will be able to open your own studio or get a job in a clothing manufacturing company as a tailor or seamstress. You will also receive a certificate, which you will show when applying for a job.
In addition, during the course, you will create a portfolio (patterns, finished garments), which you can show at an interview when applying for a job.
What are the requirements to study on an online course for a tailor or seamstress? What should I know already before the start?
No special training is required. You can study even if you don’t know how to sew
The main thing is your desire, you can learn everything from scratch. On the course, you will learn to sew, cut, create patterns, take measurements.
What tools and items do I need for the corse?
For making patterns you will need: tracing paper, white A4 paper, a ruler, a pencil, markers measuring tape for taking measurements.
For sewing a skirt and trousers, you will need fabric.
Also a sewing machine, overlock, threads, scissors.
Will I be able to become a tailor, will I have enough skills for further work?
Yes, you can effectively study to become a tailor in an online format.
Our educational program is divided into 2 parts:
Part 1 — Theory
You watch video lessons by modules and study additional materials (as if you went to a regular institute and listened to lectures in the classroom). Video lectures can be watched an infinite number of times.
Part 2 — Practice
You do practical assignments, send them to the school teachers for checking and receive an analysis of the work. During the course, you cut out and sew clothes under the guidance of an experienced tailor-designer.
Who can I ask questions to during study?
Your study is supervised by a personal mentor – a professional tailor and designer who has extensive experience in sewing and design, creating his own collections and working in a studio. The mentor is engaged in developing your skills.
You communicate with the teacher via e-mail (usually you receive answers to assignments and questions within 1-2 business days)
