Dressmaker

A dressmaker is a person who makes custom clothing for women, such as dresses, blouses, and evening gowns. Also called a mantua-maker (historically) or a modiste.

Notable dressmakers

Cristóbal Balenciaga

Pierre Balmain

Coco Chanel

Christian Dior

David Emanuel

Jean Muir, fashion designer (though she herself preferred to be called a dressmaker)

Isabel Toledo

Madeleine Vionnet

Charles Frederick Worth

Related terms

Dressmaker' denotes clothing made in the style of a dressmaker, frequently in the term dressmaker details which includes ruffles, frills, ribbon or braid trim. Dressmaker in this sense is contrasted to tailored and has fallen out of use since the rise of casual wear in the mid-twentieth century.

Mantua-maker, in the eighteenth century a maker of mantuas, or in general a dressmaker.

Modiste, a maker of fashionable clothing and accessories, with the implication that the articles made reflect the current Paris fashions.

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Dressmaker (band)

dressmaker is an East London–based noise rock band composed of Charles Potashner (vocals), David López (guitar), Tom Fanthorpe (bass guitar) and BenJack (drums). The band plays an aggressive yet atmospheric wall of sound-influenced blend of post-punk, psychedelic rock, and shoegaze. They released their first single, "Skeleton Girl" in 2013 — NME said "their raging seven-minute Skeleton Girl is etched against a backdrop of fuzz that scratches so deep it would make the Jesus & Mary Chain whimper". Despite their first single being 7 minutes long the band has received regular radio play on the radio station XFM.

History

Formation

dressmaker was formed in 2013 in the London borough of Hackney. Guitarist David López and former drummer Jose Quiñones relocated to London from Catalonia where they encountered British bass guitarist Tom and Charles Potashner, an American. During an interview on Haggerston Radio the band stated that while auditioning Potashner they offered to play him songs they had written but he said that he didn't need to hear them. Instead, he dove into writing melodies and lyrics immediately. At first they thought he was arrogant but they later decided he was just strange. In 2014 Quiñones was replaced by French a drummer who has been referred to as BenJack.

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Dressmaker (disambiguation)

A dressmaker is a person who makes custom clothing for women.

Dressmaker may refer to:

dressmaker (band), a London based post punk band

The Dressmaker (Bainbridge novel), a 1973 gothic psychological novel written by Beryl Bainbridge

The Dressmaker (Ham novel), a 2000 gothic novel written by the Australian author Rosalie Ham

The Dressmaker (1988 film), a 1988 film based on Bainbridge's novel

The Dressmaker (2015 film), a 2015 film based on Ham's novel

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