AcademyTailoring programme

From flat clothto finished garment.

Cutting, assembling and finishing a made-to-measure piece, from measuring to fitting.

Durée
6 to 24 months
Tarif
500,000 FCFA
Prérequis
CEP (primary school certificate) minimum, from the age of 12

What you learn

The tailoring programme starts from the craft itself and never leaves it. You measure a real person, draft a pattern, cut, assemble, fit, take it back in. The first weeks go on the machine and on finishing, because a piece is judged by its seams before it is judged by its cut.

Students work the same materials as the workshop: occasion fabrics, wax prints, linings. From the sixth month they take part in real orders under supervision — an alteration, a lining, a hem — before carrying a whole piece.

The programme covers made-to-measure for women and men, traditional attire and alterations. It does not cover fashion design: it trains tailors who execute accurately, not collection designers.

Course content

  • Sewing machine and overlocker
  • Measuring and recording
  • Pattern drafting and cutting
  • Assembly and construction
  • Finishing and pressing
  • Traditional attire
  • Made to measure for women and men
  • Alterations and repairs

Where it leads

  • Tailor in a workshop
  • Your own workshop
  • Alterations service
  • Made-to-order production

Tailoring

Sewing machine and overlocker
Measuring and recording
Pattern drafting and cutting

Next intake — 5 October 2026