Friday, 13 April 2012

Boning

Boning
  • To use whalebone to stiffen the fabric and create structure
Jean Paul Gaultier

Thom Browne
Valentino

Dart

Dart
  •  A stitched tapering fold in a garment
 
Viktor and Rolf

Knotting

Knotting
  • A fastening made by tying together lengths of material
  • A decorative bow of ribbon, fabric, or braid

Dolce and Gabbana

Cording

Cording
  • A raised rib on the surface of cloth, a fabric or cloth with such ribs.

Giant Stitch Fashion
 
Giant Stitch Fashion 2
Preen

Gore

Gore
  • A triangular or tapering piece of material used in making a garment, sail, or umbrella.

Godet

Godet
  • A triangular piece of material inserted in a dress, shirt, or glove to make it flared or for ornamentation.


Alexander McQueen

Pleating

Pleating
accordion pleat one of a series of narrow, evenly spaced parallel pleats withalternating raised and recessed folds set into cloth or other material, usually by a commercial pleating machine.

box pleat a double pleat, with the material folded under at each side.

inverted pleat a reverse box pleat, having the flat fold turned in.

knife pleat a sharply creased narrow pleat, usually one of a series folded inthe same direction.

partial pleat softer, less solid pleats.

projecting pleats folds lifted from surface of fabric and and arranged so they stand out from fabric itself.

wrinkled pleats irregular ridges made by securing damp bunched fabric and leaving it to dry.