Meaning & use
Modiste
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A person, especially a woman, who makes or sells fashionable clothing or hats; a dressmaker or milliner.
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The countess had her gowns custom-made by a renowned Parisian modiste.
The modiste's shop window displayed the season's latest hat designs.
A note on using this word
Borrowed from French, "modiste" now sounds somewhat old-fashioned in English, evoking the fashion houses of the 19th century.
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