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
Beavan called on her friend Bright and his costume company Cosprop to help with the dressmaking.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 8, 2023
Full disclosure: I have a weakness for any film involving tailoring or dressmaking.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 1, 2022
The girls were married, all except Dessie, and she had a successful dressmaking business in Salinas.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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