Finisher

Finishers do all the handiwork required to complete garments and perfect the finest details. They use pinpoint stitching to fold over a piece’s lining, flatten seams to ensure a garment and its lining come together as one, finish the flounce along a French or Italian hem, place buttons (with or without a tail, embroidered clip, and embroidered or machine-made buttonholes), apply an anti-slip patch, embroider seams, and more.

Each garment requires bespoke treatment and, as with the cutter, this trade is only learned in a workshop under expert guidance.