tailorism

English

Etymology

tailor +‎ -ism

Noun

tailorism (uncountable)

1. The work of a tailor; tailoring.
   • 1843, Charles Knight, London, volumes 5-6, page 38:

     [I]n the niches, instead of the effigies of mailed warriors, stood stuffed-out dresses, such as are worn by the fashionables of the day. […] It was a masterpiece of incongruity — blending in its forms Gothic romance with modern tailorism; […]

   • 1927, The Reflex, volume 1, page 7:

     The Yiddish Theatre had just begun to extricate itself from the claws of tailorism. Only since 1914 has there been a Yiddish daily not permeated by the spirit of tailorism, The Day.