modiste — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A person who makes or sells fashionable women's clothing, especially dresses or hats.

   Examples

   All the colours of the rainbow, materialised by modistes, were there.

   Her dresses – about 150 each year – are made by Rose Bertin, an expensive but necessary modiste with premises on the rue Saint-Honoré.

Noun

1. someone who makes and sells hats

   Synonyms

   hatmakerhattermilliner

   Broader terms

   makershapermerchantmerchandiser

2. a woman who makes or mends dresses

   Synonyms

   needlewomanseamstresssempstress

   Broader terms

   garmentmakergarment-workergarment workerdressmakerwomanadult female