Elizabeth Johnston (dressmaker)
British dress maker
Elizabeth Johnston (born ca. 1786) was a fashionable British dressmaker and fashion merchant. She was the official royal dressmaker of Queen Adelaide and Queen Victoria.
Life and career
She was married to Alexander Johnston, who managed A. Johnston, a ‘Millinery, Dress, and Moravian Work Baby Linen Establishment’ in the New Town of Edinburgh in 1822. From 1824, the shop sold French textiles, which Elizabeth travelled to Paris to procure. From 1825, it employed dressmaker apprentices. In 1829, Elizabeth and her daughters Anne (b. 1816), Hannah (b. 1817), and Isabella (b. 1821) inherited the business.
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