modiste
noun[C]
old useuk/məʊˈdiːst/us/moʊˈdiːst/apersonwho makesfashionableclothesfor women:
时装女服裁缝He was thesonoffashionableParisianmodistes.他的父母是巴黎著名的时装女服裁缝。
- There were three of thesehigh-classmodisteslivingin thetown.
- The modisteconveyedthenewsthat Szerénke came toworkthe nextmorningwearingalargediamondengagementring.
- In theshop, thelocalmodisteseemedawedandflutteredabout them,offeringrefreshments.
- Elizabethexaminedvirtuallyeveryeveninggownin the many modisteshopson BondStreet.
Knitting & sewing
- appliqué
- appliquéd
- Aran
- Bargello
- baste
- haberdashery
- handknit
- handknitted
- hank
- hem
- reknit
- resew
- rib
- runsomethingup
- running stitch
- sampler
- seam
- seamstress
- sew
- stitch