Tailors and Drapers Crafts

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Until the 13th century, tanners sold their goods to be processed by stitchers and cobblers. Weavers prepared cloth, but it was the cloth merchants who often cut it and sold it by the yard. Later, in the High Middle Ages, tailors sewed cut pieces into clothes.
Simple garments were sewn by women for their families at home. Care was taken to sew clothes thoroughly, as clothing was inherited and often lasted for years, with minor repairs.
In the early 14th century, people in larger towns began to pay more attention to fashion. Tailors started to specialise in only one type of clothing, so in the Middle Ages, we find coat makers, hosiers, doublet makers, glove makers, hatters, cloak makers, and second-hand dealers who repaired old clothes. In smaller towns, tailors had to be able to sew anything due to lower demand.

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