seamstress

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

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

Her relatives said she separated from her husband around her son's birth and supports her family as a seamstress while living with her maternal relatives.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2025

Harjit Kaur, who lives in Hercules city in the San Francisco Bay Area, was working as a seamstress at a sari store for the past two decades and pays her taxes.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2025

In the past, in the period of his success, two kinds of people had access to all homes and all gossip—the seamstress and the handy man.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

Sorcinelli, aided by 11 seamstresses, displayed the green silk forming the basis of Leo's vestment for Rimini, rolling out the sumptuous fabric onto a long table.

From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026

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

While La Perla ramps up production and prepares for its global relaunch this fall, it’s reconnecting with customers again through trunk shows, but with the seamstresses on site.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026

At night she stays up late designing and cutting baby clothes to give to seamstresses.

From "Inside Out and Back Again" by Thanhha Lai