dressmaking

Noun

Meaning

The art, process, or occupation, of making dresses.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

clothing dressmaker fashion sewing patching tailoring mending needlework darning couturier needlecraft stitching stitchery couture embroidering
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Antonyms

common agriculture destroy ruin

Hypernyms

trade craft

Hyponyms

couture

Related terms

dressmaker

Examples

In a machine age, dressmaking is one of the last refuges of the human, the personal, the inimitable. Christian Dior

A co-owner of a dressmaking shop in Paris, she became known as Princess Andrée Aga Khan. Source: Internet

Both learned dressmaking from enslaved women — Keckley from her mother and Lowe from her grandmother — Way notes. Source: Internet

In Old Havana and throughout Vedado there are several small private businesses, such as shoe-repair shops or dressmaking facilities. Source: Internet

Thankfully, this magical button requires no dressmaking skills (snaps on in a second and just as easy to remove when de-bloated) and gives you a up to a blessed 1 1/2 inches of extra girth and no one’s any the wiser. Source: Internet

Mennonite farmer's wife dressmaking, Pennsylvania, 1942 Moderate Mennonites include the largest denominations, the Mennonite Brethren and the Mennonite Church. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

dressmaker's ham dressmaker's model dressmakery dresspants dresswear dressy