In dressmaking, the term "waist" (sometimes given as dress waist to distinguish it from a shirtwaist) was also used.
en.wikipedia.org Couture means dressmaking, sewing, or needlework and haute means elegant or high, so the two combined imply excellent artistry with the fashioning of garments.
en.wikipedia.org A chain of grocery stores, a restaurant, a steam laundry, a tailor and dressmaking shop, a millinery store and a publishing house, were also started.
en.wikipedia.org Cord is used in a number of textile arts including dressmaking, upholstery, macram, and couching.
en.wikipedia.org The girls primary studied domestic subjects like housewifery, cookery, millinery and dressmaking.
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