Stretch Lace Trim

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. Before the industrial revolution , all trim was made and applied by hand, thus making heavily trimmed furnishings and garments expensive...

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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.

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.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.The iconic braid and gold button trim of the Chanel suit are a notable survival of trim in high fashion. 111