The local newspaper has an article about a designer that specializes in pleated fabrics. The video of the manufacturing facility is interesting. Aside from new fabrics that can be permanently heat-set, pleating hasn’t changed much in thousands of years. Garment sections are pleated before final stitching and blouses are hand-manipulated multiple times to form complex pleat structures.
© 2004-2007 Andrea Longo
spinnyspinny at feorlen dot org
Leave a Reply