dressmaker

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One was her mixed-race dressmaker, Elizabeth Keckly, who betrayed Mary’s confidences in an 1868 memoir.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

Santoyo, the dressmaker, said the latest crisis "does bring the community together, helping each other through these tough times."

From Barron's • Oct. 13, 2025

In addition to originating the voice of Harley Quinn, Sorkin was known for portraying dressmaker Calliope Jones on “Days of Our Lives.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 27, 2023

Ovations at the Met were a long way from small-town Adjud, Romania, where she was born in 1965 to a dressmaker mother and a train operator father.

From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2023

“Phht! Phht! Phht! Phht!”One by one, the dressmaker spit her pins back into the box.

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood