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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...
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