smocking in a sentence

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1. Smocking was practical for garments to be both form fitting and flexible, hence its name derives from " smock " & mdash; a farmer's work shirt.
2. "' Polly Flinders "'was a brand name of children's clothing, popular in the 1960s and 1970s, and known for their hand-smocking.
3. Smocking was used for men's smocks in Nuristan in the Hindu Kush, the black stitching pulling the cloth into vertical bands with zigzag, crisscross and other simple geometric patterns.
4. These garments are generally of very fine linen or cotton and feature delicate smocking embroidery done in cotton floss in contrasting colors; smocked garments with pastel-colored embroidery remain popular for babies.
5. If you were a girl in the 1940s or'50s, did your mother dress you in Emily Wilkins-esque dresses with smocking, ruffled collars and bows or flowers at the waist?
6. Do-it-yourselfers can learn basic smocking skills in two evening classes for $ 40 at Pins and Needles in Mount Kisco, N . Y .; ( 914 ) 666-0824.
7. The twin interests are producing a peculiar but interesting marriage on runways : hard-edge'80s styles like perforated leather, big shoulders and stilettos with earthbound leitmotifs like hand knitting, crochet and smocking.
8. Folkloric innocence in the form of smocking, apron dresses and wool embroidery were a unifying theme throughout the collections, which yielded important trends, although before the week began, some fashion insiders predicted otherwise.
9. There was the sweetness of children's clothes for grown-ups _ rounded collars, pleated skirts, smocking, puffed sleeves, gingham and all the high waists _ which gave an innocence to everything.
10. Go for all that turn-of-the-century opulence, corset details, smocking on velvets, lace tops and trims, furs and fur trims, Edwardian styles, peasant sleeves, cut velvets, ruching.