Bride Chic

  When you think of pleats, does your schoolgirl uniform in a Black Watch plaid come to mind? Try again.  Wedding dresses have some of the most pleated skirts and bodices you’ll find, and it's about time they had a special post of their very own. Lots of A-line and princess styles in heavier fabrics such as satin, taffeta and moiré have deep (sometimes very deep) box or inverted pleats instead of gathers in the skirt.   Okay, so ... why use a pleat instead of a gather?  Pleats are designed to fall flat in folds through the waist and/or hip area (where the skirt is joined), and not bunch up like gathers do. The result is a well-fitting, uninterrupted line up the bodice with a beautiful and even fullness in the skirt. There's more to pleats than the traditional bodice and skirt treatments.  Here are a few  happenings in bridal I'm loving . . . Above: Pressed knife pleats placed horizontally create a cummerbund. PLEAT TYPES Box Pleat: A Do...