| 摘要 |
The garment parts hereof, namely the garment placket, collar and cuffs, have a smooth, neat appearance, obviating the need even for touch-up ironing, and thus are particularly suitable for wash-and-wear promotion. Moreover, the fabric for these parts, although not possessing "recoverable" stretch and thus heretofore unsuitable for my prior patented sewing technique for achieving pucker-free seams (U.S. Pat. No. 3,453,662), are now adapted to be sewn so as to provide the patented result noted. To a significant extent, this desired wash-and-wear performance is achieved by an artificially created "recoverable" stretch in the lining fabric. That is, the invention contemplates converting, by attachment of a control strip to said lining, what is ordinarily bias stretch of a non-recoverable nature therein into that of a recoverable nature, with the result that said "stretch recovery" relieves the sewing thread of tension and tautness and thus minimizes stitch pucker, wrinkles and the like from being manifested in the shirting fabric.
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