Garment components, and their styles –

sleeves
 Is the part of a garment that covers the arm

 One of the characteristics of fashion in dress, varying in every

country and period

 Length varies from barely over the shoulder (cap sleeve) to

floor-length

 Most contemporary shirt sleeves end somewhere between the

mid-upper arm and the wrist
2 categories

1. Set-in sleeves

2. Sleeves that are “cut-in-

one” piece with the bodice
or that incorporate part of
the bodice into the sleeve
 Most common

 Separate piece that joins the bodice at the armseye

 Free movement is essential as the arm is the most mobile part

of the torso

 Basic sleeve drafted from standard measurements based on

the circumference of armscye

 All other sleeves are made by manipulating, modifying,

expanding or dividing the basic sleeve
2 piece set-in sleeves : shoulder
seam
 Has the usual underarm seam, but
it also has a seam from the top of
the cap to the centre of the wrist
Tailored sleeve, Underarm panel
 Has no underarm seam
 Has a panel that covers the
underarm
 Good for coats and jackets
 Developed from the bodice itself
 A sleeve that extends to the
neckline
 Separate from the bodice
and has an underarm seam,
like set-in sleeve
 Slightly deeper arms eye so
that arm will not be
impeded (obstructed) by
the fitted shoulder
Classic Japanese kimono
sleeve is a simple rectangle of
fabric

Laid flat, a garment with kimono

form a T shape
 Gusset is a diamond
shaped piece of
fabric, cut on bias,
that is inserted in a
slash in the underarm
area that roughly
corresponds to armpit
 Dolman - A long sleeve that
is very wide at the top and
narrow at the wrist.

 Kimono and dolman sleeves

are cut in one piece with the
bodice or they
incorporate part of the
bodice into the sleeve
 The difference between a butterfly sleeve and a Bell sleeve is that butterfly sleeves
usually do not go completely around the full arm
 A sleeve that is extremely wide over the upper arm and
narrow from the elbow to the wrist.
 A wide, bell-shaped sleeve popular in the 1860s, worn
over an engageante or false under-sleeve.
 The lantern sleeve is usually a component of a sweater or
jacket and it's fitted on the upper-arm and then full out
around the fore-arm.
 A sleeve made in panes or panels
 A full "paned" or "pansied" sleeve gathered into two puffs
by a ribbon or fabric band above the elbow
 A sleeve that extends from the shoulder to mid-way down
the biceps and triceps area
 A sleeve that extends from the shoulder to a length mid-
way between the elbow and the wrist. 
Set-in sleeve: sewn-on sleeve.
Tailored sleeve: long sleeve in two sections.
Adjusted sleeve: sleeve with a seam at the elbow.
Shirt sleeve: long sleeve provided with a wrist.
Short sleeve: sleeve of which the length does not exceed the elbow.
Raglan sleeve: sleeve covering the shoulder to the neck.
Dolman sleeve: straight sleeve not sewn-on.
Bell sleeve: sleeve looking like a bell.
Lantern sleeve: sleeve with a transparent part.
Bishop sleeve: large sleeve whose wrist is long and fitted.
Pleated sleeve: sleeve provided with pleats.
Flounced sleeve: sleeve trimmed with a light fabric band forming free pleats.
Short puff sleeve: short and loose sleeve with puckers.
Farm sleeve: sleeve of rural style.
Puff sleeve: wrinkled and wide sleeve provided with a wrist.
Shirring sleeve: sleeve gathered so as to form big bubbles.
Gore sleeve: sleeve provided with fan-shaped pleats.
Short open sleeve: short sleeve provided with an opening.
Calypso sleeve: sleeve provided with several flounces widening downwards.
Pagoda sleeve: sleeve widening from the elbow.
Leg-of-mutton sleeve: long sleeve puffing out at the shoulder.
Draped open sleeve: open sleeve that is draped.
Narrow sleeve: sleeve fitted on the fore sleeve by means of pleats.
Tulip sleeve: sleeve looking like a tulip bulb.
Caftan sleeve: large sleeve ending in free pleats.
Cap sleeve: very short sleeve.
Traditional kimono sleeve: very large rectangular sleeve