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dress form

dress form
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Số nhiều: dress forms

A dress form is a specialized tool distinct from a standard retail mannequin. While a mannequin is designed for display and visual merchandising, a dress form is an engineering tool used for the technical construction of garments, often featuring adjustable measurements or padding that allows pins to be inserted directly into the surface.

In professional tailoring, the term implies a high degree of precision. Using a dress form allows a designer to see how fabric drapes and falls in three dimensions, facilitating the process of draping, which is the act of manipulating fabric directly on the form rather than following a flat pattern.

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Danh từdress form

A padded, torso-shaped mannequin used by tailors and dressmakers to fit, pin, and drape clothing during the design process.

The designer pinned the silk fabric directly onto the dress form to create the silhouette.

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