Crease
Crease is the name given to the fabric break ironed in the middle on the front and the back of the trousers . It is an invention from around 1900 and gave tightness to the trousers that had been falling loose until then.
In technical jargon, the term stirrup break is used because in the best case it only consists of a real fold, the so-called pleat , in the upper part . Buyers who value a crease measure the quality of a pair of trousers by the durability or sharpness of the crease.
literature
- Erika Thiel: History of the Costume . Henschel-Verlag, Berlin, 8th edition 2004, ISBN 3-89487-260-8 , p. 414.
Web links
Wiktionary: crease - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
