Piping (clothing)
Tucks are narrow (approx. 1 mm to 1 cm) stitched folds, the fold of which lies on the right side of the fabric and is ironed flat. They are mainly used as decoration on items of clothing and whites and usually appear in groups of three or more parallel tucks that are all ironed in the same direction, e.g. B. on the chest of festive men's shirts, on women's blouses between the shoulder and chest. In addition to their decorative function, tucks are also used to reduce the width of a cut piece so that it can be attached to a narrower one. Compared to lining up , there is the advantage that the wider pattern does not bulge directly at the seam. So z. B. the front of a woman's blouse can be attached to a rather narrow shoulder piece; The tucks end further down, above the chest, giving the garment more width. With some men's shirts, tucks are inserted on both sides of the chest slit and pop up underneath to give the stomach more space.
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- ↑ Lieselotte Kunder: Tailor yourself . Freiburg: Herder, 1969. p. 211.