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.

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