Creating clothes for the men and women of the nobility and upper class during the medieval period must be a tough call. With the intricacy of designs and length of clothing you can say that being a tailor or seamstress during this era was a daunting profession. Materials such as satin, silk, linen and other similar fabrics are used to create ball gowns, dresses, tunics, trousers, and undergarments.

With the help of their apprentices, seamstresses or tailors hand sew bolts of textile materials to produce these clothing in the absence of “easy to use” or “user-friendly” sewing machines like Brother sewing machine during this times. Work must be endless for them when duchesses and ladies request for new wardrobe when the Season approaches – the time when nobility and elite members of the society attend coming-out balls, endless dinner parties and other social gatherings.