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For decades, Binta Fall supported her family by working as a seamstress, designing and producing traditional garments.
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Kayla Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 17 Nov. 2025
The shy, sickly seamstress Mimi becomes the HIV-positive junkie Mimi who dances at a strip club to support her drug habit.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Nov. 2025
Yvena Merritt, a Bainbridge seamstress and organizer, told me last December.
—Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Her mother, Florence, a seamstress, was also a major influence.
—Stephanie Mansfield, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2025
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Kayla Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 17 Nov. 2025
The shy, sickly seamstress Mimi becomes the HIV-positive junkie Mimi who dances at a strip club to support her drug habit.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Nov. 2025
Yvena Merritt, a Bainbridge seamstress and organizer, told me last December.
—Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Her mother, Florence, a seamstress, was also a major influence.
—Stephanie Mansfield, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2025
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“Seamstress.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seamstress. Accessed 5 Dec. 2025.
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seamstress
noun
seam·stress
ˈsēm(p)-strəs 
: a woman who sews especially for a living
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