Dressmaking

In freeing women from corsets and dissolving the fortified grandeur of the obdurate, hyperbolic silhouette, Poiret effected a concomitant revolution in dressmaking, one that shifted the emphasis away from the skills of tailoring to … the skills of draping. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Four distinctive lines of work are done by those who are classified by the census as dressmakers and seamstresses: dressmaking proper, usually carried on in shops; alteration work in stores; general sewing done by seamstresses at home or in the homes of customers; and the work of the so-called dressmaking "school," in which the dressmaker helps her customers do their general sewing. ❋ Rufus Rolla Lutz (N/A)

Prior to the immigration to Israel the majority of the Jews continued to engage in farming as a major source of income, but supplemented it with occupations such as dressmaking, weaving, painting, shoemaking, trading small goods and bartering. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Hence its purpose differed not only from the more general instruction of the usual technical institution, but also from those schools which offered specific training in one trade (such as dressmaking), in that it (1) offered help to the youngest wage-earners, (2) gave the choice among many trades, and (3) held the firm conviction that the adequate preparation of successful workers requires more factors of instruction than the training for skill alone. ❋ Mary Schenck Woolman (N/A)

Some offer services such as dressmaking, cleaning, and bricklaying. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And that ye'll find to apply, "said this mild philosopher," to life itsel 'as well as to the dressmaking, which is just like a' the airts I ever heard tell of, a kind of epitome of life. " ❋ Margaret (1891)

The manager of a dressmaking factory noted with amazement that her employees all took Sunday for a gala day and not as a day of rest. ❋ Thaddeus Russell (2010)

She took her young daughter Esme and after a stint at dressmaking from her home, Lucy opened the Maison Lucile in Old Burlington Street, in the heart of the West End shopping district. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The exhibition explores all aspects of the dressmaking process. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Tailoring and dressmaking were the most common occupations of the Jewish immigrants who huddled together in the East End of London at the start of the last century. ❋ Unknown (2011)

She made a wry pucker with her mouth, as though to advertise her ignorance of dressmaking. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"She's always threatened that when I became finally flat broke she'd set up dressmaking and take care of both of us," Tom contributed. ❋ Unknown (2010)

If you click on the categories there on the side of that blog, you can see more of these paintings, although I have not yet put everything there from these dressmaking posts. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In case you have not been reading from the beginning of the modesty and dressmaking series, I have opened up anonymous comments only. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I am pleased, as dressmaking is a skill that improves with age, while her other profession… ❋ Priya Parmar (2011)

He is listed as a corporate auditor for at least eight current and former companies, including an operator of mobile-phone stores and a small dressmaking company. ❋ Daisuke Wakabayashi (2011)

In England, Nuni spent her days dressmaking, in her bedroom, to supplement the ridiculous pittance of housekeeping that my father thought adequate. ❋ Unknown (2011)