pleat the cloth. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The pleat is the signature of the Perry Ellis fashion house, dating back to the 1980s, when the shirt style was a hip status symbol. From Wordnik.com. [Pressing Shirt Sleeves With a Pleat] Reference
I couldn't tell the difference between a "pleat" and the two things you keep between them. From Wordnik.com. [youneverwin Diary Entry] Reference
The pleat he'd sewn by hand was perfectly straight. From Wordnik.com. [Rulers of the Darkness]
"Do a french pleat or a chignon, and do use eye-shadow.". From Wordnik.com. [Hilltop Tryst]
The seats have a rolled pleat in them for an added richness. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: May 11, 2003 - May 17, 2003 Archives] Reference
Should a crease exist from the pleat all the way to the cuff?. From Wordnik.com. [Pressing Shirt Sleeves With a Pleat] Reference
I watched the principal rat's nose twitch and pleat, sensing. From Wordnik.com. [Revolutionaries] Reference
Perry Ellis The signature shoulder pleat on a Perry Ellis shirt. From Wordnik.com. [Pressing Shirt Sleeves With a Pleat] Reference
Take a short length of ribbon and pleat it once through the center. From Wordnik.com. [Make Your Own Hats] Reference
He pulls back a pleat of his robe, revealing an embroidered sheath. From Wordnik.com. [A King of Infinite Space]
There should not be a thread's difference in the width of each pleat. From Wordnik.com. [Make Your Own Hats] Reference
… And history books are now pleat of their sins against America, too. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Bill’s Late Father Irving Kristol: ‘My Poor Son Has Got It Wrong Again’] Reference
If you could see the back I bet there are four pleat/godets in the skirt. From Wordnik.com. [Found it! (almost) - A Dress A Day] Reference
The skirt for the large girls is plain with a wide box pleat at the back. From Wordnik.com. [The Meadow-Brook Girls Under Canvas] Reference
"I loved the side pleat," designer Zac Posen told us after the conference. From Wordnik.com. [Fashion Week To Include Huge Fund-Raising Show For NYC AIDS Fund] Reference
If you use thin stripes, why not pleat the fullness instead of gathering it?. From Wordnik.com. [Another Biased Opinion - A Dress A Day] Reference
This is made by turning the first pleat to the left and the next to the right. From Wordnik.com. [Make Your Own Hats] Reference
Be very accurate, being careful to keep the box pleat the exact width desired. From Wordnik.com. [Make Your Own Hats] Reference
"The pleat should be ironed and creased all the way down to the wrist," he says. From Wordnik.com. [Pressing Shirt Sleeves With a Pleat] Reference
She swallowed, her fingers nervously folding and unfolding a pleat in her skirt. From Wordnik.com. [The Seduction Of Sara]
I'm betting that your shirts with the shoulder pleat carry the Perry Ellis label. From Wordnik.com. [Pressing Shirt Sleeves With a Pleat] Reference
An origami pleat ladder blouse is a decidedly feminine take on a traditional tunic. From Wordnik.com. [Summer Rayne Oakes: If Sarah Palin were a sustainable style maven...] Reference
She mixed it up with a horrible Eva Braunesque pleat round the head kind of hairstyle. From Wordnik.com. [Love me, love my knees] Reference
She had thought his long white duster with the steep pleat in the back was all for show. From Wordnik.com. [Best Kept Secrets]
Her hair was up in a French pleat and she wore discreet make up which took years off her. From Wordnik.com. [two women]
Lily smoothed out the creases she had created and then proceeded to pleat the lace again. From Wordnik.com. [One Night for Love]
The skirt looks as though it has a pleat combined with a enormous triangular gusset godet?. From Wordnik.com. [Found it! (almost) - A Dress A Day] Reference
He traced one finger along his jaw, then smoothed a pleat along the front of his white robes. From Wordnik.com. [Bloodlines]
Daniel had noticed her doing that in the past few days, and every time it made his heart pleat. From Wordnik.com. [The Tenth Circle]
He fingered a pleated dress with three layers of soft tulle that took four days to drape and pleat. From Wordnik.com. [Selling $4,000 Jackets in a Slowdown] Reference
Then they pleated on each side where that zipper went in them, they had a box pleat on each corner. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Gladys Florene Harris, 1979 August. Interview H-124. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007). By Gladys Florene Harris] Reference
We invite you to pull back your pinch-pleat draperies and show off your home's late '50s-to-mid-'60s vibe. From Wordnik.com. [Details about The Post's Mad Men Look contest] Reference
"I'm always looking at fashion magazines and changing the styles around in my mind, adding a pleat here or there.". From Wordnik.com. [Nancy Ruhling: Astoria Characters: The Starry-Eyed Tailor] Reference
She wet her lips with her tongue, linked her fingers together in a trem - bling pleat across her trembling stomach. From Wordnik.com. [The Bellini Bride]
Mr. Theyskens says that working with polyester was extremely difficult because it is so light and challenging to pleat and sew. From Wordnik.com. [The Plight of Polyester] Reference
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