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To form the crisp pleats of certain curtain and drape types, small, metal hooks gather the fabric and then hang the curtain on the rod, keeping the pleats in place. Our Pick: Everhem Pinch Pleat ...
A brail curtain or drape [nb 1] in its lowered position appears as a pleated panel much like a traveler curtain; it is rigged, however, as an Austrian curtain: The multiple lines leading through rings sewn to along the seams on the back side of the curtain cause the fabric to gather along the bottom in swags as the curtain is raised. It has a ...
Flat panel curtains are simple and versatile: to make them, pieces of fabric are hemmed on all four edges and the final rectangular or square piece is hung from curtains poles with clip-on rings or something similar. [13] If pleated, the look is strongly influenced by the fullness of the pleats.
There are several styles of front curtains. They can be pleated or flat; can part in the centre; can be drawn upwards, sideways, or diagonally; and can fly out, gather out, or roll out. The grand valance is a short curtain that hangs between the proscenium and the grand drape. It may match in color and style or it may be more ornate.
Pleated trousers were popular before World War II; fabric rationing during the war precluded the style, and flat front became the standard by necessity of cloth shortages. [ citation needed ] Pleated pants, especially of the double reverse pleat variety, were commonplace in the 1980s and 1990s, but by the late 2000s they had fallen out of favour.
A trade show booth using pipe and drape. Pipe and drape is a style of freestanding panelling used to divide, hide, and/or decorate a space temporarily. The structure consists of aluminum or steel piping fixed or adjustable telescoping vertical uprights supported by a weighted steel base, and adjustable telescopic or fixed horizontals that provide a drape support frame with removable drape panels.
A woman with dyed pink hair. Hair coloring, or hair dyeing, is the practice of changing the color of the hair on humans' heads.The main reasons for this are cosmetic: to cover gray or white hair, to alter hair to create a specific look, to change a color to suit preference or to restore the original hair color after it has been discolored by hairdressing processes or sun bleaching.
A draped garment (draped dress) [1] is a garment that is made of a single piece of cloth that is draped around the body; drapes are not cut away or stitched as in a tailored garment. Drapes can be held to the body by means of knotting , pinning , fibulae , clasps , sashes , belts , tying drawstrings , or just plain friction and gravity alone.