Dressmaker
person who designs, makes or adjusts custom clothing for men and women From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A dressmaker is a person who makes custom clothing for women, such as dresses, blouses, and evening gowns. A dressmaker is also known as a mantua-maker (trivial), modiste, or fabricia.[1]
Notable dressmakers
- Laura Ashley
- Cristóbal Balenciaga
- Pierre Balmain
- Coco Chanel
- Christian Dior
- David Emanuel
- Jean Muir, fashion designer
- Bruce Oldfield
- Anna and Laura Tirocchi, Providence, Rhode Island
- Isabel Toledo
- Mary Quant
- Madeleine Vionnet
- Charles Frederick Worth
- Elizabeth Keckley, modiste and confidante to Mary Todd Lincoln
- Janet Walker, costumier and dress making bust inventor
- Madame Palmyre, a favorite designer and dressmaker of the empress of France, Eugénie de Montijo
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