Craft clothing means you can MAKE clothes. You would earn income based on the number of shirts/pants/robes/etc. that you sell, which would essentially be itemized.
Profession Tailor means that you could be making money by selling clothes, or by making alterations to pre-existing garment, repairing damaged clothing and possibly working as a consultant for someone making the purchase of various threads, fabrics, stuffings, etc. that would be a part of textile manufacturing or fashion design. You could also conceivably make all of your money drawing patterns for other people to create clothes based on your models.
Profession tends to be a more elaborate skill than Craft. Craft Beer is a more specific task than Profession Brewmaster. Often the "profession" skill can absorb the "craft" skill.
In terms of the PF game though: Do you sell some THING?(Craft) or Do you sell some SERVICE?(Profession).
And of course I think- from a meta game perspective- players tend to pick the one that fits their stats (ie- the Monk takes Profession Tailor and the Wizard takes Craft Clothing)
If only this had been discussed before.
Or this one (read the whole thread).
And of course I think- from a meta game perspective- players tend to pick the one that fits their stats (ie- the Monk takes Profession Tailor and the Wizard takes Craft Clothing)
Maybe, but not necessarily in a game where the GM understands the difference. See this, for example.
You seem to be on the right path with your example of profession vs. craft in tailoring.