We see the salon shows, as models glide haughtily in front of clients, icily holding up numbers; and the armies of seamstresses who hurry up the Woodcock staircase every morning and line up in their white coats to greet the various aristocratic clients who visit (a wonderful scene has Alma, herself in white, disappearing into the crowd, then asserting her territorial rights when a beautiful princess drops in: «Je m» appelle Alma. (filmcomment.com)
He makes finely tailored but somewhat fussy frocks for society ladies right in his London townhouse, where a platoon of seamstresses work for him under the eye of his sister and business partner, Cyril (an icy Lesley Manville). (nationalreview.com)
I had the train removed because it looked so big in the pictures.I thought it was a bit loose in the waist so I had that fixed at a local seamstress for a good price. (tidebuy.com)