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Dress forms of 1893. A dress form is a three-dimensional model of the human torso used for fitting clothing that is being designed or sewed.When making a piece of clothing, it can be put on the dress form so that one can see the fit and drape of the garment as it would appear on a body and make adjustments or alterations.
An illustration of princess seams on a bodice. A wedding dress with princess seams on the bodice and skirt.. Princess seams [a] are long curved seams sewn into women's blouses or shirts to add shaping or a tailored fit to closely follow a woman's shape. [2]
Suit by Pierre Balmain, 1957, with shaping darts at bust and waist. The reverse side of fabric showing where a dart has been taken in and stitched to tailor the shape of a garment to the wearer. Darts are folds (tucks coming to a point) sewn into fabric to take in ease and provide shape to a garment , especially for a woman's bust.
sewing Sewing is an ancient craft involving the stitching of cloth, leather, animal skins, furs, or other materials, using needle and thread. Its use is nearly universal among human populations and dates back to Paleolithic times (30,000 BC). Sewing predates the weaving of cloth. sewing circle
A Hong Kong seam or Hong Kong finish is a home sewing term [8] for a type of bound seam in which each raw edge of the seam allowance is separately encased in a fabric binding. [9] In couture sewing or tailoring, the binding is usually a bias-cut strip of lightweight lining fabric; in home sewing, commercial bias tape is often used.
Portrait of Thérésa Tallien by Jean-Bernard Duvivier (1806) with Empire waist Brooklyn Museum. Empire silhouette, Empire line, Empire waist or just Empire is a style in clothing in which the dress has a fitted bodice ending just below the bust, giving a high-waisted appearance, and a gathered skirt which is long and loosely fitting but skims the body rather than being supported by voluminous ...
Vests. Ciara at the VH1 Save the Music event in 2006 is giving us the perfect example of the vest-as-shirt look (either over a bra top or tee) that was the look in the '00s. Also, peep the ...
In sewing, a gusset is a triangular or rhomboidal piece of fabric inserted into a seam to add breadth or reduce stress from tight-fitting clothing. [1] Gussets were used at the shoulders, underarms, and hems of traditional shirts and chemises made of rectangular lengths of linen to shape the garments to the body.