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2. Ruff (clothing) - Wikipedia

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   The ruff, which was worn by men, women and children, evolved from the small fabric ruffle at the neck of the shirt or chemise. Ruffs served as changeable pieces of cloth that could themselves be laundered separately while keeping the wearer's doublet or gown from becoming soiled at the neckline. The stiffness of the garment forced upright ...

3. Ruffle (sewing) - Wikipedia

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   Portrait of a woman wearing a heavily ruffled cap, 1789 Mechanical ruffler by Singer, used on domestic sewing machines. In sewing and dressmaking, a ruffle, frill, or furbelow is a strip of fabric, lace or ribbon tightly gathered or pleated on one edge and applied to a garment, bedding, or other textile as a form of trimming.

4. Collar (clothing) - Wikipedia

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   Cape collar: A collar fashioned like a cape and hanging over the shoulders. Chelsea collar: A woman's collar for a low V-neckline, with a stand and long points, popular in the 1960s and 1970s. Clerical collar: A band collar worn as part of clerical clothing. Convertible collar: A collar designed to be worn with the neck button either fastened ...

5. Ruffle - Wikipedia

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   Ruffle or ruffles may refer to: Ruffle (sewing), a gathered or pleated strip of fabric; Ruffle (software), a Flash Player emulator written in the Rust programming language; Ruffles (potato chips), a brand of potato chips; Ruffles and flourishes, a fanfare for ceremonial music played on drums and bugles; Ruffle Bar, an island in the US state of ...

6. Sewing machine - Wikipedia

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   In 1877, the world's first crochet machine was invented and patented by Joseph M. Merrow, then-president of what had started in the 1840s, as a machine shop to develop specialized machinery for the knitting operations. This crochet machine was the first production overlock sewing machine.

7. Seam (sewing) - Wikipedia

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   A seam finish is a treatment that secures and neatens the raw edges of a plain seam to prevent raveling, [7] by sewing over the raw edges or enclosing them in some sort of binding.

8. Knitting - Wikipedia

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   While crochet uses a single hook, usually creating one stitch at a time, finishing one stitch before creating the next. Knitted fabric tends to be flexible and flowing, the stitches forming a shape that is similar to a "V". Crochet fabric has a more structured feel, each stitch consisting of several loops entwined.

9. Elizabethan collar - Wikipedia

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   An Australian Kelpie wearing a plastic Elizabethan collar to help an eye infection heal. An Elizabethan collar, E collar, pet ruff or pet cone (sometimes humorously called a treat funnel, lamp-shade, radar dish, dog-saver, collar cone, or cone of shame) is a protective medical device worn by an animal, usually a cat or dog.