noun. One that produces, designs, or deals in women's fashions.

noun. A woman who deals in articles of fashion, particularly in women's apparel; a milliner or dressmaker.

noun. One, esp. a woman, who makes, or deals in, articles of fashion, esp. of the fashionable dress of ladies; a dress-maker or milliner.

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

noun. someone who makes or mends dresses

noun. someone who makes and sells hats

"I think that Calliope has lived in Friendship since the beginning, when she and Liddy Ember were partners in their little "modiste" shop."

maker  merchandiser  merchant  shaper  

bootmaker  caterer  chiropodist  engine driver  hairdresser