From pleated lampshades to glass ... "Be sure not to oversaturate the fabric—it’s best to use just a little moisture at a ...

PAVNI MITTAL: George Kalajian is teaching her the age-old technique in pleating fabric. He gathers cardboard folds to mold the material underneath. This handiwork and precision takes years to master.

George Kalajian is teaching her the age-old technique in pleating fabric. He gathers cardboard folds to mold the material underneath. This handiwork and precision takes years to master.

Instead, they were wearing shirts, trousers, vests and shorts from Issey Miyake Homme Plissé: clothing rendered in space age micro-pleated fabric that brings to mind the ridges of Ruffles chips ...

In the 1980s, Miyake developed a patented method of pleating fabric using heat, resulting in his 1993 line Pleats Please. The process entails “construction garments at two or three times their ...