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21Cloth merchant — s Shop, Brooklyn Museum Cloth merchant is, strictly speaking, like a draper, the term for any vendor of cloth. However, it is generally used for one who owned and/or ran a cloth (often wool) manufacturing and/or wholesale import and/or export… …
22Clothkits — is an English clothing company, originally based in Lewes, East Sussex. Founded as a mail order business by Anne Kennedy in 1969 and sold in 1988, Clothkits at one stage employed nearly 400 workers. The name continued to be used for a short time… …
23Fly (clothing) — Closed fly on a pair of jeans A fly on clothing is a covering over an opening join concealing the mechanism, such as a zip, velcro or buttons, used to join the opening. The term is most frequently applied to a short opening over the groin in… …
24Dress form — Dress forms of 1893 A dress form is a three dimensional model of the torso used for fitting clothing that is being designed or sewed. When making a piece of clothing, it can be put on the dress form so one can see the fit and drape of the garment …
25Needle threader — A needle threader is a small device for helping put the thread through the eye of small needles. Most familiar today is the needle threader of Victorian design, consisting of a small tinned plate stamped with the Queen s head and with a diamond… …
26Velcro — hooks Velcro loops Velcro is the brand name of the first commercially marketed fabric hook and loop fastener …
27Dart (sewing) — Darts are folds sewn into fabric to help provide a three dimensional shape to a garment. They are frequently used in women s clothing to provide a fit that closely follows the shape of the wearer. Two kinds of darts are common in blouses for… …
28Davis Sewing Machine Company — The Davis company began in 1868 in Watertown, USA and later moved to Dayton, Ohio in about 1890. Davis sewing machines had no conventional four motion feed (invented by Allen B Wilson and used in most other machines) as it is the needle bar and… …
29Tailor's ham — For the food product, see Pork roll. A tailor s ham A tailor s ham or dressmaker s ham is a tightly stuffed pillow used as a curved mold when pressing curved areas of clothing, such as darts, sleeves, cuffs, collars, or waistlines. Pressing …
30back|stitch — «BAK STIHCH», noun, verb. –n. stitching or a stitch in which the thread doubles back each time on the preceding stitch. –v.t., v.i. to sew with such stitches: »The seam of your dress will be stronger if you backstitch it …
