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The total amount of fabric, measured in yards or meters, that a project requires or that a particular piece of fabric contains.

White fabric developing a dingy yellow cast after long storage comes from oxidation, residual body oils, or trapped moisture in fold lines. Soak in oxygen bleach and store clean whites with acid-free tissue, not plastic.

Close-fitting, high-rise leggings made from stretch knit fabric, designed to move with the body during exercise while remaining opaque under stretch.

A shaped panel, usually at the shoulders or hip, that fits closely to the body and to which fuller sections of fabric are attached below or beyond it.

The measurement taken from the neckline down to the point where a shoulder yoke seam sits on a shirt or dress pattern.

The process of separating a design line, such as a shoulder or back panel, from a bodice block to create a yoke pattern piece, often absorbing dart shaping into its seam.

French designer who succeeded Christian Dior in 1957 at age 21, later founding his own house in 1961 and introducing garments such as Le Smoking, a tuxedo suit for women, in 1966.