What tough, tightly woven fabric used to make suits, overcoats, trousers and other garments, traditionally made from worsted wool fibre, was patented by Thomas Burberry in 1888?
Gabardine The fabric takes its name from the "gabardine", a long, loose overgarment tied at the waist used in Europe in the Middle Ages through to the 16th century.
What embroidery technique is to gather fabric so that it can stretch, and was commonly used in cuffs, bodices, and necklines in garments where buttons were undesirable before elastic?
