Style Glossary: Houndstooth

a duotone textile pattern, characterized by broken checks or abstract four-pointed shapes. The traditional colors are black and white, although nowadays other colors are occasionally substituted for the black.

Style Glossary: Box Pleats

Box Pleat

–noun
a double pleat, with the material folded under at each side.
Also called box plait.

Origin:
1880–85





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Style Glossary: Seersucker

seer⋅suck⋅er
  /ˈsɪərˌsʌkər/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [seer-suhk-er]
a plain woven cotton, rayon, or linen fabric: traditionally a striped cotton with alternate stripes crinkled in the weaving.

Style Glossary: Ruched

Ruche (rsh)
n.
A ruffle or pleat of lace, muslin, or other fine fabric used for trimming women's garments.
[French, from Old French rusche, beehive, from Medieval Latin rsca, bark of a tree (used for making beehives), of Celtic origin.]
ruched (rsht) adj.