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  2. List of sewing occupations - Wikipedia

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  3. International Ladies Garment Workers Union - Wikipedia

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    The ILGWU turned its attention to social and cultural matters at an early stage in its history. A resort called "Unity House" was opened in the Pocono Mountains in Forest Park, PA for union workers. [24] [22]: 196 An educational department offered courses in union leadership skills, citizenship and the English language, law, and pattern-making.

  4. Bespoke tailoring - Wikipedia

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    Fitting of a bespoke jacket. Bespoke tailoring (/ b i ˈ s p oʊ k / ⓘ) or custom tailoring is clothing made to an individual buyer's specifications by a tailor.Bespoke garments are completely unique and created without the use of a pre-existing pattern, while made to measure uses a standard-sized pattern altered to fit the customer.

  5. For 28 years, she’s been Old West Durham’s go-to seamstress ...

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    Linda Laws, owner of Stitches Tailor Shop, receives a suit for alterations from Tom Grey on Monday, July 15, 2024, in Durham, N.C. After 28 years at its current location on Hillsborough Road, Laws ...

  6. Glossary of sewing terms - Wikipedia

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    A tailor is a person who makes, repairs, or alters clothing professionally, especially suits and men's clothing. Although the term dates to the thirteenth century, tailor took on its modern sense in the late eighteenth century, and now refers to makers of men's and women's suits, coats, trousers, and similar garments, usually of wool, linen, or ...

  7. Dressmaker - Wikipedia

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    A seamstress is a woman who sews, especially one who earns a living by sewing. Before the Industrial Revolution, a seamstress did hand sewing, especially under the putting-out system. Older variants are seamster and sempstress. A costume designer is a person who designs costumes for a film, stage production, or television show.

  8. Jeanne Wilson (seamstress) - Wikipedia

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    Jeanne Wilson, also known as Jean Esther Wilson, [1] was among the group of seamstresses who sewed the spacesuits worn by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin during the Apollo 11 moon landing. These seamstresses were employed by ILC Dover (International Latex Corporation). Wilson was specifically responsible for sewing the suits' torso, arms, legs ...

  9. Category:Tailors - Wikipedia

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