Dressmaker
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A dressmaker is a person who makes women's clothing, especially professionally.[1] The activity or occupation is known as dressmaking.[2]
Seamstress is an older term for a woman whose occupation is sewing and making clothes, and is also used as a synonym for dressmaker.[3] A tailor, by comparison, makes, repairs, and alters clothing, particularly garments such as jackets, trousers, and coats.[4]
Terminology
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In the 18th century, a dressmaker could be called a mantua-maker, originally referring to a maker of mantuas and later used more generally for a dressmaker.[5][6]
Modiste is an old term for a person who makes fashionable women's clothing.[7]
See also
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[edit]- ↑ "Dressmaker". Cambridge Dictionary. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 2026-09-28.
- ↑ "Dressmaking". Cambridge Dictionary. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 2026-09-28.
- ↑ "Seamstress". Cambridge Dictionary. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 2026-09-28.
- ↑ "Tailor". Cambridge Dictionary. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 2026-09-28.
- ↑ "mantua-maker, n." Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. 2023-03-02. Retrieved 2026-02-21.
- ↑ "Mantua maker, mantua woman". The Dictionary of Fashion History: 171–171. 2017. doi:10.5040/9781474269728.1660.
- ↑ "Modiste". Cambridge Dictionary. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 2026-09-28.
External links
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Media related to Dressmaking at Wikimedia Commons
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