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Placket
An opening with fabric piecing and buttons or snaps on a garment that facilitates dressing. Plackets can be at the neck of a shirt, the cuff of a sleeve, or the waist of a skirt or pair of pants.

Placket
A vertical slit extending from the front of a shirt's collar, often reinforced at the base to prevent tearing. Two or three buttons are usually placed within this placket area.

Placket
The opening in the cuff or neck of a garment that creates a larger opening for ease in dressing, and can be buttoned closed.

Placket
The piece of cloth that reinforces a split or opening in a garment; that usually also serves as the closure.

Placket
The part of a shirt or jacket where the garment fastens together.

Placket
A piece of cloth sewn under an opening.

Term applied to the resist-dye process in which designs are reserved in warp or weft yarns by tying off small bundles of yarn with palm-leaf strips or similar material to prevent penetration of dye....

Pronounced pee-kay is a cotton used in many polo shirts and is generally distinguished as a waffle weave. It is slightly thicker and is valued by golfers, as this fabric does not show perspiration...

Airo finish is a textile finishing process that involves the use of a special type of machinery called Airo. This process is primarily used on woven fabrics, and it involves the use of high-pressure...

In wet spinning, the polymer used to form the fibre is dissolved in solution. The solution is forced under pressure through an opening into a liquid bath in which the polymer is insoluble. As the...

The name given to ultra-fine manufactured fibers and the name given to the technology of developing these fibers. Fibers made using microfiber technology, produce fibers which weigh less than 1. 0...