Dressmaker

A dressmaker, also known as a seamstress, is a person who makes clothing for women, such as dresses, blouses, and evening gowns.

Dressmakers were historically known as mantua-makers, and are also known as a modiste or fabrician.

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Pierre Balmain and the actress Ruth Ford , photographed by Carl Van Vechten , 1947
Jean-Baptiste Jules Trayer , Breton seamstresses in a shop (1854). Before the Industrial Revolution , a seamstress did hand sewing.