She herself had been completely captivated by the costume when Madame Modiste had first suggested it, and when the first fittings began.
As soon as it was known that I was the modiste of Mrs. Lincoln, parties crowded around and affected friendship for me, hoping to induce me to betray the secrets of the domestic circle.
Naturally graceful, her figure was indebted to her modiste for every adventitious aid the art of modern dressmaking can bestow.
My observation at the moment was, that if the face of the modiste bore any sort of proportion to her figure, she needed not have come so far from France to push her fortune.
It was a gallant speech, and the modisteis pleased with the compliment," thought I.
And later she learned that her berth was occupied by a little modiste of the Place de la Madeleine with whom he had run away.
In the meantime, Belle-Ann had made three hurried trips with Miss Worth to the modiste in Lexington for fittings.
After purchasing a number of suitable fabrics, Miss Worth took Belle-Ann to a modiste where they were detained for more than two hours.
The modiste tells of the care with which the wedding gown has to be sewed.
The modiste answers: "Be back early in the morning!
The modiste answers that happiness does not always dwell in high places; and the first dressmaker tells the story of labor, which is quite unique: There lived two brothers happily together.
But try it on first: and then you can at least please yourself, if not the Terrible Modiste who now writes to you.
The ragdealer's daughter, Justa by name, was a modiste in a shop.
For several weeks a modiste and her assistant came daily, with gowns and hats for the Baroness and Kate.
For many a day they had never gone out together because they were afraid to leave the house alone; this day they dressed up in their best and went on a visit to their daughter, who worked as a modiste in a relative's shop.
I needed just a fellow like you to show me how the swell trade has got to be blindfolded, and that the difference between a dressmaker and a modiste is about a hundred and fifty dollars a gown.
I want to start my modiste in good time to catch the home-coming people.
Will you be so kind as to give me the address of the modiste you mentioned the other day who made that pretty gray dress of yours?
It was as if in her success the modiste wished to recognize no element but her own worth; no wealthy or influential relative could claim to have helped her!
Madame, a good French modiste on her deathbed could make a better hat than any one in New York ever could.
Why, they tell me every modiste in Paris calls you "uncle.
This is the Dedication: Vers composés pour une modiste érudite et dévote.
A woman should study her “points” in the light of day before a full-length mirror, and once she has really learned what becomes her she should allow no milliner or modiste to coax her into “the latest cry.
She took the waist-band of an old gown to her modiste who built upon it a beautiful frock for which she likewise sent in a beautiful bill.
It is wiser to allow a clever modiste to select the color, style and material of one’s gown than to do it one’s self.
To go into the shop of a European modiste is almost to put one's self into a truthful and candid frame of mind.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "modiste" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
