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Pick up to 5 terms. Seeing them next to each other is the fastest way to learn the difference.
Button placket
A strip of fabric holding a row of buttons down the front.
Boning
Stiff vertical channels sewn into a bodice to hold its shape.
Lace-up
Closed by cord laced through eyelets, like a shoe.
Pleats
Fabric folded and pressed into crisp repeating folds.
Slit
An opening cut up from the hem for movement or reveal.