dressmaker's model
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Definition
- 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
- someone who models dresses