Side by side
Pick up to 5 terms. Seeing them next to each other is the fastest way to learn the difference.
Zip front
Opens with a centre-front zipper.
Button placket
A strip of fabric holding a row of buttons down the front.
Cargo pockets
Large pockets stitched to the outside, often with flaps and bellows.
Pleats
Fabric folded and pressed into crisp repeating folds.
Boning
Stiff vertical channels sewn into a bodice to hold its shape.