Fashion terms starting with "P"

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Palazzo
Palazzo are very wide, loose trousers that widen evenly from the waist to the hem, creating a smooth, flowing silhouette resembling a long…
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Patchwork
Patchwork is a technique of creating a fabric from small pieces of cloth of different colour, pattern and texture sewn together into a sing…
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Patent leather
Patent leather is leather with a glossy lacquered coating that gives it a mirror shine and a smooth, water-resistant surface.
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Pearl
The pearl is a gem of organic origin, born inside a living mollusc: in response to an irritant, the shell wraps it layer by layer in nacre…
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Peep-toe
Peep-toe shoes have a small open cut at the toe through which the toes peek (from 'peep').
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Pencil
Pencil is a narrow, straight skirt silhouette (the pencil skirt) that closely hugs the hips and tapers downward to the knee, following the…
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Pendant
A pendant is an ornament that hangs freely on a chain, cord or in an earring, swinging with movement.
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Peplum
The peplum is a short attached flounce or ruffle that runs along the waistline of a garment, forming a little 'skirt' over the hips.
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Pin-up
Pin-up is a playfully alluring retro style that grew out of the popular posters (pin-up — 'to pin on the wall') of the 1940s–50s depicting…
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Piping
Piping is a narrow strip of fabric (often with a cord inside for volume) sewn into a seam so that a thin, neat rib runs along the line.
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Pique
Pique is a dense cotton fabric with a characteristic raised pattern of small convex diamonds, honeycombs or ribs, woven in a double weave.
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Placket
A placket is a strip of fabric that frames and reinforces an opening on a garment, most often a fastening (with buttons, snaps or a zipper)…
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Plaiting
Plaiting (weaving in the broad sense) is a technique of making an object or trim by interlacing flexible elements (cords, ribbons, strips o…
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Platform
The platform is a type of sole, thickened and raised along the whole length of the foot (not only under the heel).
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Platinum
Platinum is a rare, heavy and extremely noble metal of a silvery-white colour, one of the most expensive in jewellery.
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Pleat
A pleat is a construction detail in the form of a fold of fabric laid in and secured, which adds volume, movement and decorative rhythm to…
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Pleating
Pleating is a technique of creating even, lasting folds ('pleats') in fabric, which are set and fixed with heat, steam and pressing.
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Pocket
The pocket is an inset or patch detail for holding small things, combining pure function with design possibilities.
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Pocket square
A pocket square is a small square piece of fabric (silk, cotton or linen) placed in the breast pocket of a jacket as a decorative accent.
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Polyester
Polyester is the most widely used synthetic fibre in the world, produced from petroleum by-products.
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Pompom
A pompom is a round, fluffy decorative detail of gathered and trimmed threads (yarn, fur or textile) resembling a soft ball.
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Poncho
The poncho is a simple outer garment in the form of a single sheet of cloth with a slit for the head in the middle, thrown loosely over the…
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Poplin
Poplin is a light, dense plain-weave cotton fabric with a barely visible crosswise rib that gives it a smooth, slightly lustrous surface.
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Preppy
Preppy is a tidy, conservative-youthful style originating in the aesthetic of students at prestigious American preparatory schools and Ivy…
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Protection
Protective details are construction elements of clothing whose chief task is not decoration but safeguarding the garment and the body: rein…
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Puff sleeve
Puff sleeve is a voluminous sleeve gathered into full ruffles at the shoulder (and sometimes at the cuff too), giving it a rounded, 'inflat…
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Pump
A pump (court shoe) is a classic closed women's shoe on a heel, with a shallow cut at the front that reveals the instep, without fastenings…
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Punk
Punk is a rebellious, deliberately aggressive style that grew out of the mid-1970s punk-rock scene of London and New York as a radical chal…
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Fashion terms starting with "P"

Palazzo

Patchwork

Patent leather

Pearl

Peep-toe

Pencil

Pendant

Peplum

Pin-up

Piping

Pique

Placket

Plaiting

Platform

Platinum

Pleat

Pleating

Pocket

Pocket square

Polyester

Pompom

Poncho

Poplin

Preppy

Protection

Puff sleeve

Pump

Punk

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