Etymology
Origin of tailoring
Example Sentences
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The theme for this year's Gala, one of the biggest nights in fashion, was "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style," which focused exclusively on menswear.
From BBC • Dec. 30, 2025
Frank says of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute, whose spring 2025 exhibit “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” is the first dedicated to menswear in over two decades.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2025
"Tailoring care to people's needs is a key aim in our new mental health and wellbeing strategy and suicide prevention and self-harm strategy," they said.
From BBC • May 15, 2025
Different designs are seen during the press preview of The Costume Institute's exhibition "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, May 5, 2025.
From Salon • May 6, 2025
Tailoring and the textile clothing industries and trade generally occupied 602,881; teaching 172,873; nursing and other work in institutions 104,036; and the civil service, clerkships and similar occupations 82,635.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4 "England" to "English Finance" by Various
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