seamstress
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As more women took traditional corporate jobs outside the home, schools eliminated home-economics programs, which were a steppingstone to becoming a professional tailor or seamstress.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
Welsh described Hogg as a "punk-rock Paisley seamstress".
From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2026
The son of a seamstress and a mechanic, Wirun was a straight-A student who studied at one of Thailand's top medical schools.
From Barron's ● Dec. 28, 2025
Mia has also identified a seamstress who made persistent errors in the original work.
From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2025
The seamstress is looking down and away, leaving us to our private family moment.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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Time and again, the 11th-Century seamstresses who created it - who are believed to have been in England, probably Canterbury - were so skilled that the story they are telling looks like it's in 3D.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo, he spent his teenage years in the U.S., growing up in a community of seamstresses and store owners who always found reasons to do more rather than less.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026
The Kerns struck the deal last June for an initial investment of 25 million euros, while also committing to keeping the brand in Italy and rehiring about 200 employees, including the seamstresses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026
Two weeks before the show, young seamstresses were crocheting floral motifs in mohair and Japanese metallic thread at a south London studio overlooking the Thames river and Big Ben.
From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026
Most young seamstresses working with her at the garment factory in St. Louis never had the chance to go to school.
From "Fannie Never Flinched" by Mary Cronk Farrell
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