accordion pleats

British  

plural noun

1. tiny knife pleats

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Example Sentences

Accordion pleats created a cape-like effect on a tightly fitted dress, layered with lace.

From Seattle Times

In accordion pleats and intricate appliqué, Cate Blanchett wore a bullet bra with butterfly wings.

From Slate

Photographer Ashley Noelle records Los Angeles for posterity with a large view camera — the old-fashioned-looking kind with the accordion pleats known as a bellows.

From Los Angeles Times

With white faux suspenders appliquéd over a gray rib-knit crewneck T-shirt bodice, Public School’s Aislyn short-sleeve dress has a lower skirt of white and navy crepe accordion pleats.

From Los Angeles Times

Watanabe’s ’90s “techno couture” reflected a general thrust toward space-age futurism incited by the millennium; his fall 2015 collection, a symphony of accordion pleats, was the most extreme and accomplished example of the technique in a season awash with fabric folding.

From New York Times