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A dressmaker, also known as a seamstress, is a person who makes clothing for women, such as dresses, blouses, and evening gowns. Dressmakers were historically known as mantua-makers, and are also known as a modiste or fabrician.
Thelma Madine-Akin (née Makin) is a wedding dressmaker born in Liverpool. She rose to fame after appearing as the traveller wedding dressmaker in My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding, a Channel 4 documentary on Irish Travellers as they prepare for marriage.
A wedding dress or bridal gown is the dress worn by the bride during a wedding ceremony. The color, style and ceremonial importance of the gown can depend on the religion and culture of the wedding participants.
Fittings of the dress posed difficulties because Diana had developed bulimia and dropped from a size 14 to a size 10 in the months leading up to the wedding. Even the seamstress was concerned about her weight loss and feared the dress might not fit as it should.
Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley (February 1818 – May 1907) [1] was an American seamstress, activist, and writer who lived in Washington, D.C. She was the personal dressmaker and confidante of Mary Todd Lincoln. [2] She wrote an autobiography.
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Queen Victoria described her choice of dress in her journal thus: "I wore a white satin dress, with a deep flounce of Honiton lace, an imitation of an old design. My jewels were my Turkish diamond necklace & earrings & dear Albert's beautiful sapphire brooch."
A wedding dress with princess seams on the bodice and skirt. Princess seams [a] are long curved seams sewn into women's blouses or shirts to add shaping or a tailored fit to closely follow a woman's shape. [2] They are a dart variation that is sewn into the front or back of a shirt that extends from the waist up to the shoulder seam or armscye. [3]
The wedding dress worn by Catherine Middleton at her wedding to Prince William on 29 April 2011 was designed by English designer Sarah Burton, creative director of the luxury fashion house Alexander McQueen.
The wedding dress of the American actress Grace Kelly, worn during her wedding to Rainier III of Monaco on 19 April 1956, is cited as one of the most elegant and best-remembered bridal gowns of all time, and one of the most famous since the mid 20th century.