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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There are elaborate portraits of seemingly affluent Black couples, a proud school band, and women learning dressmaking at an institute in the deep southern state of Alabama.
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026
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
Every four years, the Twelve Towns had a magic tournament—the Golden Frog Games, where the towns would compete in everything from toad racing to spell casting to enchanted dressmaking.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
