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2. Glossary of sewing terms - Wikipedia

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   Usually found in sleeves and skirts, but also in very full bell-bottom trousers. [6] [7] Compare gusset. gore A gore is a shaped segment, narrow at the top and wider at the base, extending from the waistline to the hem of a skirt. Flared skirts can be made of 2 or more gores. [8] Four-. six-. and eight-gore skirts are common. grain 1.

3. Prairie dress - Wikipedia

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   A prairie dress or prairie skirt is a modest American style of skirt, an article of women's and girls' clothing. Prairie dresses may be straight to slightly flared to very full, and may have one or more flounces (deep ruffles) or tiers; prairie dresses may be worn over a ruffled eyelet or lace-trimmed petticoat. [1]

4. Egyptian cultural dress - Wikipedia

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   The train was created by the neck opening being set slightly pas the halfway point, making the back hem longer than the front when worn. A generation later, it came to resemble the girgar most know today: a dress with a yoke, with the skirt and sleeves gathered down to it, pintucks in the skirt, and a ruffle on the hem and the end of the sleeves.

5. Ruffle (sewing) - Wikipedia

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   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. [1] Ruffles can be made from a single layer of fabric (which may need a hem) or a doubled layer. Plain ruffles are usually cut on the ...

6. Hem - Wikipedia

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   Hem detail with inscriptions, Saint-John in Crucifixion, Ferrara, by Vicino da Ferrara (1469–70). A hem in sewing is a garment finishing method, where the edge of a piece of cloth is folded and sewn to prevent unravelling of the fabric and to adjust the length of the piece in garments, such as at the end of the sleeve or the bottom of the garment.

7. 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 ...