Dressmakers from court mess about (9)

I believe the answer is:

costumers

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'dressmakers' is the definition.
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'court mess about' is the wordplay.
'about' is an anagram indicator.
'court'+'mess'='courtmess'
'courtmess' with letters rearranged gives 'COSTUMERS'.

'from' is the link.

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