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How to pronounce dressmaking in English?

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Type Words
Type of craft, trade
Has types couture

Examples of dressmaking

dressmaking
His mother, who owned a high-end dressmaking shop, was widowed when he was a boy.
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Introduced crafts include needlework, dressmaking, and rustic furniture making.
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She also knew her dream dress would not require advanced dressmaking skills.
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Despite that negative training, my dressmaking ability triumphed, after all.
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I do not necessarily think you need to attend a dressmaking course in order to begin.
From the guardian.co.uk
She has two boys, aged 12 and three, and is a freelance dressmaking tutor.
From the metro.co.uk
At home she was skilful at dressmaking, cookery, jam-making and gardening.
From the guardian.co.uk
His parents owned a prosperous dressmaking salon, where his father was the head tailor.
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Miami dressmaking employment has risen from 5,000 in 1960 to 18,000 now.
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More examples
  • The craft of making dresses
  • (dressmaker) someone who makes or mends dresses
  • A dressmaker is a person who makes custom clothing for women, such as dresses, blouses, and evening gowns. Also called a mantua-maker (historically) or a modiste.
  • (The Dressmaker) The Dressmaker (US title The Secret Glass) is a 1973 novel written by Beryl Bainbridge, it was shortlisted for the Booker Prize that year. It was based upon two paternal aunts she knew as a child.
  • (Dressmaker) as an adjective denotes clothing made in the style of a dressmaker, frequently in the term dressmaker details which includes ruffles, frills, ribbon or braid trim. ...
  • (Dressmaker) An expertise in pattern-cutting(not tailioring).Pattern cutting requires special skill and experience to understand how to construct the design created by the designer. ...
  • (Dressmaker) female tailor or retailer of clothing.
  • A dressmaker specializes in custom-made women's clothes: day, cocktail, and evening dresses, business clothes and suits, trousseaus, sports clothes, and lingerie.