As the son of a master tailor, I second what you said. The literal Italian translation of tailoring school is "cutting school." It's where students learn how to

As the son of a master tailor, I second what you said. The literal Italian translation of tailoring school is "cutting school." It's where students learn how to construct the patterns, in paper, which are then used to cut the fabric. In addition to the difficulties of just dealing with fabric, there is also tradition of materials, taste, and folk knowledge involved which simply can't be "dialed" into a machine process. There is some room, however, for "made-to-measure" clothing where you get measured and a modern supply-chain can get you set-up, in a semi-automated way with good-fitting clothes. Brioni does this. The tailors are still humans, of course, but you get measured and the clothes are made elsewhere.