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Millinery is women's hats and other articles sold by a milliner, or the profession or business of designing, making, or selling hats for women. muslin Muslin is the American English term for a test garment, frequently made from this fabric. The equivalent British English term is toile
Woodcut of shoemakers from Frankfurt am Main, 1568. Two shoemakers in Vietnam in 1923. Shoemaking is the process of making footwear.. Originally, shoes were made one at a time by hand, often by groups of shoemakers, or cordwainers (sometimes misidentified as cobblers, who repair shoes rather than make them [citation needed]).
The word luthier is originally French and comes from luth, the French word for "lute".The term was originally used for makers of lutes, but it came to be used in French for makers of most bowed and plucked stringed instruments such as members of the violin family (including violas, cellos, and double basses) and guitars.
The worsted variety is used in making military uniforms, suits, great and trench coats. Its counterpart, silk serge, is used for linings. French serge is a softer, finer variety. The word is also used for a high quality woolen woven. serging Serging is the binding off of an edge of cloth. sewing
Hat-making or millinery is the design, manufacture and sale of hats and other headwear. [1] A person engaged in this trade is called a milliner or hatter . Historically, milliners made and sold a range of accessories for clothing and hairstyles. [ 2 ]
In the 2015 major motion picture film Survivor directed by James McTeigue, one of the world's most wanted killers is played by Pierce Brosnan, who demonstrates just how devastating the precision skill sets of a watchmaker can be as he plays the role of 'Nash,' a professional killer who excels at bomb making and long-range shooting.
The art and science of making wine. Also called enology (or oenology). Not to be confused with viticulture. Vinification The process of making grape juice into wine. Vin jaune French for "yellow wine", a wine fermented and matured under a yeast film that protects it, similar to the flor in Sherry production. Vinimatic
The Modern English word manufacture is likely derived from the Middle French manufacture ("process of making") which itself originates from the Classical Latin manū ("hand") and Middle French facture ("making"). Alternatively, the English word may have been independently formed from the earlier English manufacture ("made by human hands") and ...