Garment Pleating - Homage to Issey Miyake

While I wait for the local pleating house to finish their summer vacation, I'm moving onto the second phase of the Permanent Pleating Series - Garment Pleating.  In this series I'll be discussing whole garment pleating as originally inspired by the work of Issey Miyake (Pleats Please).

Design's suitable for Whole Garment Pleating

The most important quality in a garment design that you intend to 'pleat after make' is the flat, almost two dimensional nature of the garment before the pleating process.  More detail...

Fascinated by Pleating

I've always had a fascination for what can be achieved with a little heat and some petro-chemical fibres.  Permanent (heat-set) Pleating is the use of heat on polyester/nylon fabrics to set a pleat that will survive the rigours of wash and wear without the need of re-pressing.  I plan to investigate and demonstrate the Sun-ray Circle and the Mushroom Pleat Rectangle in this first series.

The first three posts in the series are here:

Prep for Permanent Pleating 101

Patterns for Pleating Project 101

Cut, Hang and Hem before Pleating 101

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