dressmaker
noun
a person whose occupation is the making or alteration of women's dresses, coats, etc.
dressmaking
-
a word derived from
dressmaker.
Example Sentences
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While female curves and volumes offer her a traditional dressmaking structure, women in the present tense, ego and id, are not part of this vision.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
Born in Stuttgart, Germany, in 1934, the daughter of a butcher and a homemaker, Boschet learned dressmaking and tailoring at 14.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2025
The autobiographical show looks at many things including his quest for identity and is billed as "a story about cross dressing, dressmaking, midlife crisis and blackbirds".
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2023
They came up with a wallcovering collection full of leopard prints, swirling sea agate patterns, and golden Victorian keys and dressmaking scissors.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 26, 2023
The girls were married, all except Dessie, and she had a successful dressmaking business in Salinas.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
