Trim (sewing)
Ornaments in sewing
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Trim or trimming in clothing and home decorating is applied ornament, such as gimp, passementerie, ribbon, ruffles, or, as a verb, to apply such ornament.
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Before the Industrial Revolution, all trim was made and applied by hand, thus making heavily trimmed furnishings and garments expensive and high-status. Machine-woven trims and sewing machines put these dense trimmings within the reach of even modest dressmakers and home sewers, and an abundance of trimming is a characteristic of mid-Victorian fashion.[1] As a predictable reaction, high fashion came to emphasize exquisiteness of cut and construction over denseness of trimming, and applied trim became a signifier of mass-produced clothing by the 1930s.[2] The iconic braid and gold button trim of the Chanel suit are a notable survival of trim in high fashion.[3]
In home decorating, the 1980s and 1990s saw a fashion for dense, elaborately layered trimmings on upholstered furniture and drapery.[4]
Today, most trimmings are commercially manufactured.[citation needed] Scalamandré is known for elaborate trim for home furnishings, and Wrights is a manufacturer of trim for home sewing and crafts.[citation needed] Conso is another leading manufacturer.[5]
See also
- Bias tape – Strip of fabric cut on the bias
- Braid – Structure of strands of flexible material
- Buttons
- Cord (sewing) – Trim made by twisting yarn strands together
- Gimp (thread) – Narrow yarn of thread wrapped around a core
- Lace – Openwork fabric, patterned with open holes in the work, made by machine or by hand
- Passementerie – Elaborate braids and other trimmings
- Piping (sewing) – Tubular strip of textile
- Ribbon – Long and narrow band of material
- Rickrack – Braided zigzag trim used in clothes or curtains
- Ruffles – Strip of fabric, lace, or ribbon gathered on one edge and applied as trimming
- Tassels
