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2. Bed skirt - Wikipedia

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   A bed skirt, sometimes spelled bedskirt, a bed ruffle, a dust ruffle in North America, a valance, [1] or a valance sheet in the British Isles, is a piece of decorative fabric that is placed between the mattress and the box spring of a bed that extends to the floor around the sides.

3. Pleat - Wikipedia

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   Skirts, dresses and kilts can include pleats of various sorts to add fullness from the waist or hips, or at the hem, to allow freedom of movement or achieve design effects. One or more kick pleats may be set near the hem of a straight skirt to allow the wearer to walk comfortably while preserving the narrow style line.

4. Glossary of sewing terms - Wikipedia

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   Six-gore skirt with godets. A godet (/ ɡ oʊ ˈ d eɪ / or / ɡ oʊ ˈ d ɛ t /) is a piece of fabric wider at the bottom than at the top, often a circular sector, inserted into a garment to add fullness for ease of movement or as a design feature. Usually found in sleeves and skirts, but also in very full bell-bottom trousers. [6] [7] Compare ...

5. Petticoat - Wikipedia

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   Without petticoats, skirts of the 1850s would not have the volume they were known for. [1] In historical contexts (16th to mid-19th centuries), petticoat refers to any separate skirt worn with a gown , bedgown , bodice or jacket ; these petticoats are not, strictly speaking, underwear, as they were made to be seen.

6. Shoe - Wikipedia

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   The earliest known shoes are sagebrush bark sandals dating from approximately 7000 or 8000 BC, found in the Fort Rock Cave in the US state of Oregon in 1938. [5] The world's oldest leather shoe, made from a single piece of cowhide laced with a leather cord along seams at the front and back, was found in the Areni-1 cave complex in Armenia in 2008 and is believed to date to 3500 BC.

7. Human factors in diving equipment design - Wikipedia

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   Fit of diving suits must be tailored to suit the range of human shapes and sizes, and most other equipment fits all sizes, is adjustable to suit all sizes, or is available in several sizes. A few items are designed specifically for female use, but this is often more a fine tuning for comfort or cosmetic styling than an ergonomically functional ...