beautiful and famous women

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a. He made dresses for beautiful and famous women like you.
b. He made dresses for women beautiful and famous like you.

a1. He made dresses for beautiful and famous women, like you.
b.1 He made dresses for women beautiful and famous, like you.

Do these imply that he made dresses for you, or not? Were you one of those women?
Does the comma change things?

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a. He made dresses for beautiful and famous women like you.
b. He made dresses for women beautiful and famous like you.

a1. He made dresses for beautiful and famous women, like you.
b.1 He made dresses for women beautiful and famous, like you.

Do these imply that he made dresses for you, or not? Were you one of those women?
Does the comma change things?

[.........]
He did not make dresses for you. He made them for women like you (whoever "you" is).

There are no implications.

The comma doesn't change anything.
 

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