Definition

1. Noun:
   • A person employed to wear and display clothing for a dressmaker: A dressmaker's model is someone who demonstrates how a garment looks when worn, typically for the purpose of fitting, design evaluation, or promotion by a dressmaker or fashion designer.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The designer hired a new dressmaker's model to showcase the fall collection.
  • As a dressmaker's model, her measurements had to remain consistent for the fittings.

Advanced Usage

• "To work as a dressmaker's model": To have the occupation of modeling clothes specifically for a dressmaker or couturier.
  • She worked as a dressmaker's model for a small atelier before becoming a runway star.

Variants and Related Words

• Mannequin (n): A full-scale dummy used to display clothes. This is an inanimate object, unlike a live dressmaker's model.

  • The dressmaker's model stood patiently while the mannequin stood in the window.

• Fitting model (n): A person whose body measurements match a specific standard size, used for fitting garments during production. This is a more specific, professional term closely related to "dressmaker's model."

Synonyms

• Fashion model: A person who models clothes professionally. This is a broader term.
• Live model: A person who poses, as opposed to a mannequin.

Related Phrases

• To model for a dressmaker: The verbal phrase describing the action.
  • She began her career by modeling for a local dressmaker.

Related Idioms

Noun

1. someone who models dresses