dressmaking

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Knowles, who ran a hair salon Headliners and had learned dressmaking, made costumes for the group, while Mathew Knowles quit his job to manage them.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2025

Born in Stuttgart, Germany, in 1934, the daughter of a butcher and a homemaker, Boschet learned dressmaking and tailoring at 14.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2025

As she bought pearl strings for dressmaking to take to her grandmother in their small Wisconsin town, Janessa Moua said she’s been studying Hmong since she enrolled at a Twin Cities university.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 25, 2023

Beavan called on her friend Bright and his costume company Cosprop to help with the dressmaking.

From Washington Post • Mar. 8, 2023

Flora Baumbach had given up dressmaking when she moved in with Turtle years ago.

From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin