Career - Milliner

Milliners will Interpret fashion trends and use them in designing hats and other headgear and will mark and cut patterns to desired shape and size, lay the pattern onto fabric and cut around it. They will shape, cut, twist, roll, fold and reinforce fabrics and other materials with wire to gain desired effect and assemble hats by hand or using a sewing machine. They will steam and press material into shape by hand and, if needed, stiffen it by using a special solution and will sew trimmings such as ribbons, buckles, braids or chains onto hats. They will operate semi-automatic blocking machines for mass production and will alter, renovate and re-block (re-shape) existing hats. They will supervise the package and dispatch hats for customers and will also display, fit and sell hats and accessories.

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