Garment & Textile · Women's Garment

Skirt — Pleated

Skirt with folded pleats: knife, box, inverted, accordion, sunray.

Origin

Global

Era

Modern

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Industrialist View

Schoolgirl, workwear, avant-garde (Issey Miyake). Heat-set polyester preserves pleats.

Tailor & Garment-Worker View

Knife: all folds same direction. Box: outward-folds at two sides. Inverted: box reversed. Accordion: tiny zig-zag pleats.

Construction & Use

Pleating requires specialist sub-contractor (Delhi, Chennai).

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