Dressmaker

Person who makes custom clothing for women Pierre Balmain and the actress Ruth Ford, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1947 A dressmaker, also known as a seamstress, is a person who makes clothing for women, such as dresses, blouses, and evening gowns. Dressmakers were historically known as mantua-makers, and are also known as a modiste or fabrician. Notable dressmakers Cristóbal Balenciaga Pierre Balmain Coco Chanel Christian Dior David Emanuel Norman Hartnell, royal dressmaker Elizabeth Keckley, modiste and confidante to Mary Todd Lincoln Jean Muir, fashion designer Madame Palmyre, a favorite designer and dressmaker of Eugénie, empress of France Anna and Laura Tirocchi, Providence, Rhode Island Isabel Toledo Madeleine Vionnet R'Bonney Gabriel, fashion designer and beauty queen of Miss Universe 2022 Mak Tumang, fashion designer Michael Cinco, fashion designer Janet Walker, costumier and dress-making-bust inventor Charles Frederick Worth Related terms Jean-Baptiste Jules Trayer, Breton seamstresses in a shop (1854). Before the Industrial Revolution, a seamstress did hand sewing. The Sempstress by Richard Redgrave, 1844 "Dressmaker" denotes clothing made in the style of a dressmak