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

I designed it, and then I have a dressmaker and a hatmaker who I work with.

From BBC • Jun. 28, 2023

Each time was like a tiny jab, till Penelope’s heart felt as full of pins as the lumpy red pincushion carried by Madame LePoint, the dressmaker at Ashton Place.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood