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  2. Sheath dress - Wikipedia

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    Sheath dress. In fashion, a sheath dress is a fitted, straight cut dress, often nipped at the waistline with no waist seam. [1] When constructing the dress, the bodice and skirt are joined together by combining the skirt darts into one dart: this aligns the skirt darts with the bodice waist dart. [2]

  3. 1945–1960 in Western fashion - Wikipedia

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    Actress Marilyn Monroe in The Prince and the Showgirl wears a fitted sheath dress with a sweetheart neckline, 1957. Short hair style, 1958; Summer dresses of 1958 are sleeveless with high, wide "boat" necklines, Dresden. Suit and pillbox hat in an Argentine fashion spread from 1958. Princess Alexandra in a Princess Ballgown styled evening dress ...

  4. The Great British Sewing Bee series 4 - Wikipedia

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    Pattern Challenge (Babygrow) Alteration Challenge (Bridesmaid Dress) Made-to-measure (Cape) Angeline 8 Mermaid Dress 8 Tartan Godet Cape Charlotte 1 Party Dress 6 Tweed Collared Cape Ghislaine 9 Boxing Outfit 1 Sunday Best Cape Jade 2 Bridesmaid Dress 7 Fur Trimmed Cape Jamie 6 Shift Dress 4 Classic Gentleman's Cape Josh 7 Gilet Jacket 9

  5. Enid Gilchrist - Wikipedia

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    She later taught dress design at Footscray Technical College and the Emily Mcpherson College. Enid began to make patterns using a pattern-drafting method. These patterns were published in The Argus from 1946 onward into the 1950s. They were also published in The News (Adelaide) in 1953. Her pattern drafting techniques were collected in books ...

  6. Janet Arnold - Wikipedia

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    Janet Arnold (6 October 1932 – 2 November 1998) was a British clothing historian, costume designer, teacher, conservator, and author.She is best known for her series of works called Patterns of Fashion, which included accurate scale sewing patterns, used by museums and theatres alike.

  7. Shift dress - Wikipedia

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    A shift dress is a dress in which the cloth falls straight from the shoulders and has darts around the bust. It frequently features a high scoop or boat neck. [3] The shift dress is often confused with the sheath dress, which is form-fitting and shaped by tucks on the waist area. Shift dresses became popular in western fashion in the 1920s and ...

  8. Pattern (sewing) - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. Index of fashion articles - Wikipedia

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