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Dress with a discreet back zipper at the seam. A back closure is a means for fastening a garment at the rear, such as with a zipper, hooks-and-eyes or buttons.Back closures were once common on Western female clothing, but have recently become less so, especially on female casual and business attire.
It may be made from either self-fabric (the same fabric as the object to be ornamented) or contrasting fabric, or of leather. [22] placket 1. A placket is an opening in the upper part of trousers or skirts, or at the neck or sleeve of a garment Plackets allow clothing to be put on or removed easily. [23] 2. A stomacher. Also spelled placard. 3.
Three patterns for pants (2022) Pattern making is taught on a scale of 1:4, to conserve paper. Storage of patterns Fitting a nettle/canvas-fabric on a dress form. In sewing and fashion design, a pattern is the template from which the parts of a garment are traced onto woven or knitted fabrics before being cut out and assembled.
Proprietary leather cleaners – Commercially produced cleaners are commonplace with leather care, but can have negative effects if not closely researched or familiar with the ingredients. Wet cleaning and solvent cleaning – The primary purpose of any wet cleaning on leather is to remove surface soiling. Leather should not be soaked in water.
Leather painting differs from leather dyeing in that paint remains only on the surface while dyes are absorbed into the leather. Due to this difference, leather painting techniques are generally not used on items that can or must bend nor on items that receive friction, such as belts and wallets because under these conditions, the paint may crack or wear off.
Catholic clergymen wearing pleated rochets. A pleat (plait in older English) is a type of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and securing it in place. It is commonly used in clothing and upholstery to gather a wide piece of fabric to a narrower circumference.
The Armenian Areni-1 shoe, which has been dated to around 3500 BC, is a simple leather shoe with leather "shoelaces" passing through slotted "eyelets" cut into the hide. The more complex shoes worn by Ötzi the Iceman , who lived around 3300 BC, were bound with "shoelaces" made of lime bark string.
The Queen is shown wearing a dress trimmed with Alençon lace. Alençon lace (UK: / ˈ æ l ən s ɒ n, æ ˈ l ɒ̃ s ɒ̃ /, [1] US: / ə ˈ l ɛ n s ɒ n,-s ən /) [2] [3] or point d'Alençon (French: [pwɛ̃ dalɑ̃sɔ̃]) is a needle lace that originated in Alençon, France. It is sometimes called the "Queen of lace."