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A haberdasher is a person who sells small articles for sewing
Sewing

Sewing or stitching is the fastening of cloth, leather, furs, bark, or other flexible materials, using Sewing needle and yarn. Its use is nearly universal among human populations and dates back to Paleolithic times ....
, such as button
Button

In clothing and fashion design, a button is a small disc, typically round, object usually attached to an article of clothing in order to secure an opening, or for fashion....
s, ribbon
Ribbon

A ribbon or riband is a thin band of flexible material, typically cloth but also plastic or sometimes metal, used primarily for binding and tying....
s and zipper
Zipper

A zipper is a popular device for temporarily joining two edges of textile. It is used in clothing , luggage and other bags, sporting goods, camping gear , and other daily use items....
s. In U.S. English, haberdasher is another term for a men's outfitter.

A haberdasher's shop or the items sold therein are called haberdashery.

Obsolete meanings of the term "haberdasher" refer to a "dealer in, or maker of, hats and caps".

The word appears in Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer was an English author, poet, philosopher, Bureaucracy, Noble court and diplomat. Although he wrote many works, he is best remembered for his unfinished frame narrative The Canterbury Tales....
's Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales

The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer in the 14th century . The tales, some of which are originals and others not, are contained inside a frame tale and told by a collection of pilgrims on a pilgrimage from London Borough of Southwark to visit the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathed...
. Haberdashers were initially pedlars, sellers of small wares, such as needles, buttons, etc.






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A haberdasher is a person who sells small articles for sewing
Sewing

Sewing or stitching is the fastening of cloth, leather, furs, bark, or other flexible materials, using Sewing needle and yarn. Its use is nearly universal among human populations and dates back to Paleolithic times ....
, such as button
Button

In clothing and fashion design, a button is a small disc, typically round, object usually attached to an article of clothing in order to secure an opening, or for fashion....
s, ribbon
Ribbon

A ribbon or riband is a thin band of flexible material, typically cloth but also plastic or sometimes metal, used primarily for binding and tying....
s and zipper
Zipper

A zipper is a popular device for temporarily joining two edges of textile. It is used in clothing , luggage and other bags, sporting goods, camping gear , and other daily use items....
s. In U.S. English, haberdasher is another term for a men's outfitter.

A haberdasher's shop or the items sold therein are called haberdashery.

Obsolete meanings of the term "haberdasher" refer to a "dealer in, or maker of, hats and caps".

The word appears in Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer was an English author, poet, philosopher, Bureaucracy, Noble court and diplomat. Although he wrote many works, he is best remembered for his unfinished frame narrative The Canterbury Tales....
's Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales

The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer in the 14th century . The tales, some of which are originals and others not, are contained inside a frame tale and told by a collection of pilgrims on a pilgrimage from London Borough of Southwark to visit the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathed...
. Haberdashers were initially pedlars, sellers of small wares, such as needles, buttons, etc. The word could derive from the Icelandic
Icelandic language

Icelandic is a North Germanic languages, the language of Iceland. Its closest relative is Faroese language and Norwegian dialects such as Telemark dialect and Sognam?l....
 haprtask 'pedlars' wares' or the sack in which the pedlar carries them. In this sense, a haberdasher (Scandinavian name) would be very close to a mercer
Mercery

Mercery a French term, initially referred to silk, linen, and fustian textiles imported to England in the 12th Century.The term later extended to goods made of these and the sellers of those goods....
 (French name). A haberdasher would retail smallwares, the goods of the pedlar, while a mercer would specialize in "linens, silks, fustian, worsted piece-goods and bedding".

Saint Louis IX, the King of France 1226–70, is supposedly the patron saint of haberdashers.

Notable sometime haberdashers

  • William Adams
    William Adams (Haberdasher)

    William Adams was a 17th Century London Haberdasher born in Newport, Shropshire, who founded Adams' Grammar School in 1656. After his death in 1660, the school was governed by the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers....
     was a 17th century London Haberdasher born in Newport, Shropshire, who founded Adams' Grammar School in 1656
  • Robert Aske
    Robert Aske (merchant)

    Robert Aske was a merchant in the City of London. He is chiefly remembered from the charitable foundation created from his estate, which operates two schools in Hertfordshire, Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School and Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls....
     - a philanthropist
  • Captain James Cook, (R.N., FRS)
    James Cook

    Captain James Cook Royal Society Royal Navy was an English explorer, navigator and cartographer, ultimately rising to the rank of Captain in the Royal Navy....
     - 18th century British
    Kingdom of Great Britain

    The Kingdom of Great Britain, also known as the United Kingdom of Great Britain, was a country in North-West Europe, in existence from 1707 to 1801....
     navigator
    Navigator

    A navigator is the person onboard a ship or aircraft responsible for its navigation. The navigator's primary responsibility is to be aware of ship or aircraft position at all times....
     and explorer, apprenticed to this job in his youth
  • John Graunt
    John Graunt

    John Graunt was one of the first demographers, though by profession he was a haberdasher. Born in London, Graunt, along with William Petty, developed early human statistical and census methods that later provided a framework for modern demography....
     - one of the first demographers
  • Joseph Merrick
    Joseph Merrick

    Joseph Carey Merrick was an English people who became known as "The Elephant Man" because of his physical appearance caused by a congenital defect....
    , "the Elephant Man", worked as a haberdasher's assistant before being a freak show
    Freak show

    A freak show is an exhibition of rarities, "freaks of nature" ? such as unusually tall or short humans, and people with intersexuality ? and performances that are expected to be shocking to the viewers....
     act
  • Paavo Nurmi
    Paavo Nurmi

    File:Paavo Nurmi .JPGPaavo Johannes Nurmi was a Finland running. Born in Turku, he was known as one of the "Flying Finn "; a term given to him, Hannes Kolehmainen, Ville Ritola and others for their distinction in running....
     - legendary Finnish
    Finland

    Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
     distance runner
  • Harry S. Truman
    Harry S. Truman

    Harry S. Truman was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States . As the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States, he succeeded Franklin D....
     - President of the United States
    President of the United States

    The President of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in the United States by influence and recognition....
     from 1945-1953
  • Johnny Carson
    Johnny Carson

    John William ?Johnny? Carson was an American television host and comedian, known as host of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson for 30 years....
     - of The Tonight Show
  • Charles Taze Russell
    Charles Taze Russell

    Charles Taze Russell , also known as Pastor Russell, was a Protestant evangelism from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, United States and founder of the Bible Student movement....
     - the founder of the Bible Student Movement
    Bible Student movement

    The Bible Student movement is the name adopted by a Protestant religion movement with premillennialism expectations that emerged from the teachings and ministry of Pastor Charles Taze Russell....
  • Wayne Knight
    Wayne Knight

    Wayne Knight is an United States Comedian actor, perhaps best known for his role as Newman in the television situation comedy Seinfeld. His other prominent roles include Dennis Nedry in Jurassic Park , List of Toy Story characters#Al in Toy Story 2, Tantor in Tarzan , Don Orville in 3rd Rock from the Sun and Stan Podolak...
     - actor, most famous role: "Newman" from Seinfield
  • Christopher Lloyd
    Christopher Lloyd

    Christopher Allen Lloyd is a three-time Emmy Award-winning United States actor known for his gruff eloquent voice. He is of Wales ancestry and is well known for his roles as Emmett Brown in the Back to the Future trilogy, Judge Doom in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Uncle Fester in The Addams Family and Addams Family Values, as well a...
     - actor, e.g. Dr. Emmett Brown in the Back to the Future trilogy
    Back to the Future trilogy

    Back to the Future is a comedy science fiction film trilogy written by Bob Gale and Robert Zemeckis, directed by Zemeckis, and distributed by Universal Pictures....
  • George Newnes
    George Newnes

    Sir George Newnes, 1st Baronet was a publisher and editing in England....
     - founders of the Tit-Bits newspaper (1881) and the popular The Strand Magazine, of Sherlock Holmes fame


See also

  • Draper
    Draper

    Draper is the now largely obsolete term for a merchant in cloth or dry goods, though often used specifically for one who owns or works in a draper's shop or store....
  • Hatter
    Hatter

    A hatter is a maker or seller of hats. Milliners are a category of hatters who design women's hats....
  • Millinery
    Millinery

    Millinery refers to hats and other clothing sold by a milliner to women, men and children or the profession or business of designing, making, or selling hats, dresses, and hat trim to women....
  • Worshipful Company of Haberdashers
    Worshipful Company of Haberdashers

    File:Haberdashers' Company plaque London.jpgThe Worshipful Company of Haberdashers is one of the Livery Company of the City of London. The organisation, which developed from the Mercers' Company, another Livery Company connected with clothing and haberdashery, received a Royal Charter in 1448....