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Are any item used to close a garment opening.
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A placket is made either in an
opening left on the seam or by
creating a cut in a garment which
enables one to wear or remove the
garment easily.
1. Continuous Bound Placket

 Also called as one-piece placket and may be made in a seam or slash.

 It is suitable for children’s dresses, undergarments like sari petticoat, and for sleeve openings
were cuff or band is used.

2. Bound And Faced Placket

 Also called as two-piece placket.

 This is used in the left seam of skirts or petticoats and back seam of dresses.

3. Miter Placket

 Also called as tailored placket.

 This placket is used for beauty and also to add strength.
 This is commonly used on men’s shirts, sleeve opening and on neck openings in jibbas and
children’s garment.

4. Zipper Placket

 Zippers are usually attached with tapes and available in different sizes.
 Garments with zipper are more attractive and comfortable to the wearer.

5. Faced Placket Open

 This is a simple neck finish used in infants, children's clothes, and night dresses.

1. Press Button

 Press buttons are available in different sizes and weights and are used to hold edges that will not
have much strain when the garment is worn.
 It has two sections: a stud and a socket.

2. Hook and eyes

 Hook and Eye are generally used in plackets where there is crosswise strain.
 Hooks and eyes are used mostly in close fitting garments like blouse.
3. Buttons and Buttonholes

A. Buttons
 Buttons should suit the color, design and texture of the fabric and also the style of the
garment.
 Maybe made of glass, plastic, metal, bone, etc.
 B. Buttonholes
 Buttonholes are slits cut in the garment to hold the buttons in place.
 It can be made vertically or horizontally on the garment with the button sitting exactly at
the center of the front line.

4. Zippers

 come in a wide variety of colors, length and types.

 It has stoppers at the top or bottom which keep the sliders from running off the zipper.
 (i) Conventional Zipper: These are zippers with exposed teeth or chain and open at the top but
are held together at the bottom.
 (ii) Separating Zipper: They are open at both the top and the bottom and permit the zipper
opening to separate completely as in jackets with opened fronts.
 (iii) Invisible Zipper: They are the newest zippers and as the name implies, they are not visible
in the front as they disappear into the seam. They are mostly used in skirts and in dresses.

5. Elastics

 is widely used as garment accessories in clothing.

 are used in areas where stretching is desired.
a) Braided elastic:
 This is recommended only for casing because it narrows when stretched.
b) Woven elastic:

● The width of the elastic remains same even when stretched. Thus, it can be stitched directly to the
garment or for casing.
c) Elastic thread
 It is also called Bobbin Elastic. It is very thin elastic covered with thread all around and is mostly
used in bobbins for giving shirring effect.
d) Special purpose elastic:
 Special elastics are available for pajamas, lungies and swim-wear.

6. Tapes and Cords

 Different types of tapes and cords are available which are both functional as well as decorative.

a. Seam Tape:
● Seam tapes are woven or lace tapes. They are used to finish hem and facing edges.
b. Bias tape:
● single or double-fold tape used for binding curved or straight edges and for casings.
c. Twill Tape:
● This is firmly woven tape mostly used for reinforcing seams.
d. Piping tape:
● are narrow bias strip of fabrics that can be inserted into a seam for decorative purpose.
e. Hem facing Tape:
● Hem facing tapes are wide bias tape or lace which is used on facing hems and binding edges.
f. Ribbing tape:
● A stretchable knitted band used to finish a neckline, armhole, sleeve, leg or waistline.

7. Velcro

 Is a set of two tapes, one with a looped napped surface and other with a hooked napped surface.