How to Use dressmaker in a Sentence

dressmaker

noun

• Both are big enough that the tailor and dressmaker can come to the owners, not the reverse.
  — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 18 Apr. 2020
• And Wang's will bring instant dressmaker chic to one and all.
  — Cynthia Kling, ELLE Decor, 30 Sep. 2010
• If the baker wins, he will be followed by a chef, a dressmaker, or a DJ.
  — Adam Winkler, New Republic, 26 Dec. 2017
• Sue heads to the dressmaker to get fitted for her wedding.
  — Kristin Vartan, EW.com, 11 Nov. 2019
• Over her 60 year reign the Queen has amassed an army of staffers, but few have been trusted with the task of royal dressmaker.
  — Leah Dolan, CNN, 11 June 2021
• Over her 70-year reign the Queen has amassed an army of staffers, but few have been trusted with the task of royal dressmaker.
  — Leah Dolan, CNN, 1 June 2022
• Recent subjects have ranged from the theme of punk to the math-minded dressmaker Charles James.
  — Troy Patterson, Bloomberg.com, 1 May 2017
• Her clothes, though they were made at home by her dressmaker sister, seemed copies of Parisian styles.
  — Ed Park, The New York Review of Books, 8 Apr. 2020
• Glasse was also a dressmaker to the 18th century Princess Charlotte—which is the front piece of one of her books.
  — Lily Katzman, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Aug. 2020
• Meanwhile, the dressmaker’s agents tried to tell the Custom House that the dresses were only worth $200.
  — Elizabeth Block, Town & Country, 22 Feb. 2022
• Cassini, best known as a dressmaker for Jackie Kennedy, died from a stroke in 2006.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 12 Oct. 2023
• The bride-to-be has already chosen a dressmaker, and she's kept the name tightly under wraps.
  — Megan Decker, Harper's BAZAAR, 20 Feb. 2018
• Her father was a lawyer, and her mother was a dressmaker.
  — Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 26 July 2023
• That may be news to fans of Panichgul, who’s been known more as a dressmaker than for simple tailoring.
  — Nicole Phelps, Vogue, 3 June 2019
• Not a year after their first date, Nelson showed Winnie the house of a dressmaker and told her she should get fitted.
  — Stephanie Hanes, Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2018
• The three-time Oscar winner stars as a famed dressmaker in 1950s London.
  — Chris Ball, cleveland.com, 8 Apr. 2018
• After carving your jack-o'-lantern, attach it to the top of a dressmaker's dummy.
  — Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping, 5 July 2022
• He and his siblings were raised by their dressmaker mother and coal merchant father in Reggio Calabria, on the toe of the boot of Italy.
  — Kate Betts, Town & Country, 31 Jan. 2018
• For most of her working life, Sealy was an accountant who wanted to be a dressmaker.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 19 Oct. 2021
• Despite Coco’s tears, the lavender creation went back to the dressmaker.
  — Susan Goldman Rubin, Time, 13 Mar. 2018
• One of those performers was also the go-to tailor and dressmaker in the Black section who designed Cobb’s 11th-grade prom dress, a long satin blue gown.
  — Nadege Green, Harper's BAZAAR, 24 Feb. 2023
• Choosing a design by her go-to dressmaker Stewart Parvin, Her Majesty wore a matching topcoat and skirt in the sprightly green hue.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 19 May 2018
• Also favoring the waist and nodding to Martin Margiela are pretty tops that follow the shape of a dressmaker’s form.
  — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 13 July 2023
• In 1930s colonial Malaya (present-day Malaysia), Ji Lin is an apprentice dressmaker who works nights at a dancehall.
  — Amy Alipio, National Geographic, 6 Mar. 2019
• In 1950s London, a renowned dressmaker’s life is disrupted by a young, strong-willed woman who becomes his muse and lover.
  — Ben Flanagan | [e-mail], al, 11 Feb. 2022
• The dress, which was custom-made for Kate by a private dressmaker, features a frilly trim on the neckline, as well as billowing puff sleeves and buttons down the center of the bodice.
  — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 25 May 2022
• Born in 1896 in the Dutch town of Alkmaar to a pharmacist and a dressmaker, Wijsmuller moved to Amsterdam as an adult.
  — Cari Shane, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Nov. 2023
• Plus, these three dressmakers, all sisters, have shifted gears.
  — Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2020
• My husband’s grandmother used to be a dressmaker and has gifted me amazing pieces.
  — ELLE, 1 Feb. 2023
• Milliners and dressmakers then reflected those themes in women’s clothes.
  — National Geographic, 9 Apr. 2020

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