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This article analyzes the presence of garment workers (spinners, weavers, seamstresses, tailors, etc.) in the municipality of Villa Platina. It has the 1904 county census as the primary source of investigation. This village is located in the Triângulo Mineiro region, former "Hinterland of rotten flour", Minas Gerais. The objective is to understand the cultural context of this village and the relationship of this society with the clothing production and commerce. Therefore, we investigate the origins, the level of literacy, kinship relations and the residential sites of professionals, as well as their relation with learning and the pursuit of this profession. In this society it was already visible the presence of immigrants introducing new sewing techniques, one of the factors that contributed to the redefinition of the tradition of local clothing manufacturing. The research begins with a description of the census and relates it with other sources, with a dialectic perspective, to better situate historically the village and the clothing professional’s activities.