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

Skaters make sure the dresses fit OK before McKinnon and her four-person seamstress team add sparkle, which usually means a crystal count in the thousands.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 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

"We have invented Mildred, the rebel seamstress from the 11th Century," she says.

From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2025

She wears gloves and dark-colored dresses made for her by a seamstress in Charleston.

From "Brown Girl Dreaming" by Jacqueline Woodson

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

The Kerns struck the deal last June for an initial investment of 25 million euros, while also committing to keeping the brand in Italy and rehiring about 200 employees, including the seamstresses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026

Two weeks before the show, young seamstresses were crocheting floral motifs in mohair and Japanese metallic thread at a south London studio overlooking the Thames river and Big Ben.

From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026

Experienced seamstresses could keep their machines in working order, but those who were new, inept, or very ill could not.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden