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  2. Close-bodied gown - Wikipedia

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    Like the earlier mantua, from which it evolved, [1] the back of the gown featured pleats from the shoulder, stitched down to mould the gown closely to the body until the fullness was released into the skirt. Through the 1770s, the back pleats became narrower and closer to the center back, and by the 1780s these pleats had mostly disappeared and ...

  3. List of sewing stitches - Wikipedia

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    Sailmaker's stitch – may refer to any of the hand stitches used for stitching canvas sails, including the flat stitch, round stitch, baseball stitch, herringbone stitch. [ 2 ] Slip stitch – form of blind stitch for fastening two pieces of fabric together from the right side without the thread showing

  4. Trutex - Wikipedia

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    The brand name 'Trutex' was introduced in the mid 1920s; [3] it became so popular that the company changed its name to Trutex in 1965. [4] In the late 1960s, the company was floated on the stock exchange. The business, then owned by Tootal Broadhurst Lee started to move production overseas. Trutex was then taken over by Coats Viyella in the ...

  5. Seam (sewing) - Wikipedia

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    It can be used to create anatomical shaping to the back portion of a garment particularly through the waist area and hips. It can also be used for styling and functional purposes involving pleats, vents, flare toward the hem or for back closures such as buttoned plackets or zippers. A side seam runs vertically down the side of a garment.

  6. Skirt - Wikipedia

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    Inverted pleated skirt: A skirt made by bringing two folds of fabric to a center line in front and/ or back. May be cut straight at sides or be slightly flared. Has been a basic type of skirt since the 1920s. [22] Pleated skirt: A skirt with regular pleats ('plaits') or folds, which can be stitched flat to hip-level or free-hanging. Slit skirt ...

  7. Glossary of sewing terms - Wikipedia

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    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. The lengthwise and crosswise grain of fabric refer to the directions parallel to the warp and weft, respectively. 2.

  8. Mantua (clothing) - Wikipedia

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    Instead of a bodice and skirt cut separately, the mantua hung from the shoulders to the floor (like dresses of earlier periods). It started as the female version of the men's banyan, worn for "undress" wear. Gradually the mantua developed into a draped and pleated dress and eventually evolved into a dress worn looped and draped up over a ...

  9. History of clothing and textiles - Wikipedia

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    The tomb statues (haniwa) especially tell us that the clothing style changed from the ones according to the Chinese accounts from the previous age. The statues are usually wearing a two piece outfit that has an upper piece with a front opening and close-cut sleeves with loose trousers for men and a pleated skirt for women.