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When I left for Paris in January of 1991 for a week of press previews of the haute couture collections, the Gulf War had just begun and the weather was brutally cold. Read the first page
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above
allowance
backing
band
baste
basting
below
between
bias
binding
blouse
body
bottom
button
buttonhole
center
corner
couture
cut
dart
design
dress
edge
end
even
fabric
facing
finish
finished
first
fit
fitting
flat
fold
folded
front
garment
hand
hem
hemline
interfacing
jacket
layers
length
line
lining
long
loops
mark
may
neckline
need
needle
opening
pattern
photo
pin
place
pleat
pocket
point
press
pressing
raw
remove
right
seam
seamline
section
see
sew
sewing
sewn
shape
short
should
shoulder
side
silk
skirt
sleeve
small
stay
stitch
stitching
strip
thread
together
toile
top
trim
two
use
used
welt
wide
without
work
wrong
zipper
