dressmaker's

In the corner, a dressmaker's mannequin loomed, its hourglass figure a little more curvy than those belonging to the Parisian woman passing behind me, on the trottoir (I could see their reflections in the shop's window, where my nose now flattened up against the glass).

French Word-A-Day: 2010

In the corner, a dressmaker's mannequin loomed, its hourglass figure a little more curvy than those belonging to the Parisian woman passing behind me, on the trottoir (I could see their reflections in the shop's window, where my nose now flattened up against the glass).

machine à coudre - French Word-A-Day 2010

In the corner, a dressmaker's mannequin loomed, its hourglass figure a little more curvy than those belonging to the Parisian woman passing behind me, on the trottoir I could see their reflections in the shop's window, where my nose now flattened up against the glass.

French Word-A-Day: 2010

At 57, Ari Magallanes certainly has the knowledge and expertise to pass along to an apprentice, but unlike designers, many of whom enjoy the assistance of several unpaid interns, no one is training at the dressmaker's hand in hopes of one day taking the reins.

Jenni Avins: 'Making It' at New York Fashion Week (VIDEO) 2010

After a short spell of frenetic activity, with me standing like a dressmaker's dummy and everyone else racing about fetching, carrying, criticizing, and tripping over each other, the final product was ready, complete to white asters and yellow roses pinned in my hair and a heart pounding madly away beneath the lacy bodice.

Sick Cycle Carousel 2010

In the corner, a dressmaker's mannequin loomed, its hourglass figure a little more curvy than those belonging to the Parisian woman passing behind me, on the trottoir I could see their reflections in the shop's window, where my nose now flattened up against the glass.

machine à coudre - French Word-A-Day 2010

Only by having a "dressmaker's license" -- with tailors on the premises -- or an owner with influential connections can a salon avoid raids by the religious police.

Saudi women among world's biggest consumers of beauty products 2010

At 57, Ari Magallanes certainly has the knowledge and expertise to pass along to an apprentice, but unlike designers, many of whom enjoy the assistance of several unpaid interns, no one is training at the dressmaker's hand in hopes of one day taking the reins.

Jenni Avins: 'Making It' at New York Fashion Week (VIDEO) 2010

Only by having a "dressmaker's license" -- with tailors on the premises -- or an owner with influential connections can a salon avoid raids by the religious police.

Saudi women among world's biggest consumers of beauty products Abeer Allam 2010

At 57, Ari Magallanes certainly has the knowledge and expertise to pass along to an apprentice, but unlike designers, many of whom enjoy the assistance of several unpaid interns, no one is training at the dressmaker's hand in hopes of one day taking the reins.

Jenni Avins: 'Making It' at New York Fashion Week (VIDEO) 2010