plisse

Step 1: Procrastinate for 4-6 weeks or until your town sells out of seersucker, whichever comes first, then pace wild-eyed through the nearest fabric store and seriously consider making denim napkins* before stumbling upon something called plisse, which is sort of a fake seersucker.

RVABlogs 2010

Inspired by the Exquises Confidences jewelry collection, B’s flacon is executed with the same perfection as Boucheron’s jewelry, incorporating the trademarked design known as the plisse (pleats) cut.

B Is for Boucheron: SunHee Grinnell Grinnell, SunHee 2008

A broadtail lace evening coat was paired with a Venetian blue blouse and metal plisse skirt.

Joey Jalleo: Inside Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2009: Third Row at Calvin 2009

My mother always went out looking, my sister in the back seat asleep in pink puckered plisse p. j.s with lambs and me in the front with a book.

DADDY'S GIRLS 2008

Le vivant me repugne, quand on me parle je plisse les yeux et fait la grimace parce que la voix des gens me blesse les tympans, je ne fait jamais la bise ni ne sert la main sauf si la personne en face attends comme un blaireau.

pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2006

Chemically produced plisse is less permanent than real seersucker, which is produced by weaving.

HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

Chemically produced plisse is less permanent than real seersucker, which is produced by weaving.

HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

Chemically produced plisse is less permanent than real seersucker, which is produced by weaving.

HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

Chemically produced plisse is less permanent than real seersucker, which is produced by weaving.

HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

Handling the train a bit gingerly, I stepped down into the room, swaying gently as the seamstress had instructed, to show off the filmy gussets of silk plisse let into the overskirt.

Dragonfly in Amber Gabaldon, Diana 1992