dressmaker

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Federal data show the typical annual wage for a dressmaker is about $43,000 a year, but some tailors and seamstresses can make more.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

Santoyo, the dressmaker, said the latest crisis "does bring the community together, helping each other through these tough times."

From Barron's • Oct. 13, 2025

Bailey Dowery is a dressmaker who harbors a secret in 1950s Oklahoma.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2024

The pair are understood to have had a close relationship, and the Queen gave Ms Kelly permission to write a behind-the-scenes account of her years as her official dressmaker and friend.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2023

A dressmaker, a secretary, an inventor, a doctor, a judge.

From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin