Clothing is as old as man himself, the very first clothing that served as a covering was made by the best designer, God. Ever since creation, man has always required the services of a tailor for a covering, but sad to say many Nigeria indigenous tailors have failed to utilize that business opportunity.

Needle and thread over the year has changed lives and continues to do so till date. Let’s use a tailor who sews Ankara for instance, he/she can use only needle and thread to produce a style that cost at least N2,000.00 for a up and down and this may take just 2 hours to finish.

Imagine, if they tailor gives himself the target to finish up to 4 pairs daily that means N8,000.00, multipled it by 5 (five) that is N40,000.00 weekly, if that amount is multiplied by 4 weeks in a mouth that will sum up to N240,000.00 a month. It is very essential to note that these figures do not come by simply calculating it, but it is as a result of having the right attitude and approach towards the job.

Most, tailors view their job as “WORK” thereby carrying it out in very bad ways, like not keeping to agreement/disappointment, shabby work, missing fabrics, very poor finishing etc.

Keeping to agreement: So many have stopped patronizing an average Nigeria tailor, because they simply can't keep to their “own” words. Imagine stepping into a tailor’s shop with your fabrics which you wish to wear to a function in 3 weeks time and immediately the tailor sees you without him/her carefully listening to you, the tailor simply ask you to drop the fabric. The shabby measures used just to fulfill the regular routine, then the may just give you any date that pops up in their head just to get some advance payments from you. Keeping to agreement can earn you good reputation, which bring increase in client base and more too.
a) How can you keep to a promise? It starts at the point a client walks into your shop, listen very carefully and understand the client’s choice of design. Having total knowledge of what the customer is expecting from you.
b) Asking the customer when he expects the cloth to be ready? Depending on the customer's date, many wish to accept or not due to your schedule. Remember to set a target and work very hard to achieve such targets.
c) Keep the chosen style and the exact measurement; it is important that you sew the customer’s cloth according to agreed design with the right size.


Avoid Shoddy Work:
Many a times tailor fail to give a cloth the needed attention the fabric requires, roughening the fabrics, burning with iron, staining the cloth etc. Handle a fabric with utmost care and attention that is necessary which can be neat enough to use after it is sewn. Keeping the fabric in a neat nylon to avoid dust stains, cutting on a neat surface, weaving the inside, iron and folding neatly before and after the desire is completed.


Don’t Miss Materials.
If you are careless about your working tools, misplacement of a customer’s material will be among the major challenges you will be dealing with. It is natural for things to go missing at times but that is not a reason to misplace any material given to you by a customer be it magazine, fabric or the measurement.
Making shelves were finish materials can be kept and some kind of bags (Ghana must go bags) were unsown materials can be kept is paramount. Mistakenly, you miss place a customer's fabric, it is only proper that you replace it before the customer comes asking for it. what if the fabric is customized or difficult to find? it will be best you call the customers attention to it, express how sorry you are and ready to replace it, if they customer won't mind.


Poor Finishing
A person’s workmanship is determined by the quality of job produce. many tailor don’t pay attention to detail. They many come off with great designs but don’t always give the design a neat finishing. It might be something as little as tacking a button, hemming the mouth, sewing with a matching thread, gumming with a hot iron before joining a collar, cuffs etc. These can make a cloth not to be appealing to a customer.
The service of a tailor is always needed because every day every human need to wear cloths either to attend an occasion or just look good. Passion for sewing and wearing good clothes can turn Nigerian’s indigenous tailors into making millions.

You are very correct Op...



Just that Nigerians feel they are doing other people while in the real sense they are doing themselves