Symonds'suits were precisely tailored with short bomber-style jackets and knee-length skirts in suede and leather with box pleats, or short swing jackets over beautifully cut trousers.
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In America, a box pleat is common ( two pleats together in the centre ), while in Britain the pleats are placed wider out under the shoulders.
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Certainly, Capriati entered the court purposefully enough, with her red-glazed ponytail bobbing, the box pleats of her black skirt neatly pressed, and a businesslike look in her eyes.
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Pocket pleats to the blouse were removed, as were box pleats to cuffs, early manufacture included two inside pockets but this was soon reduced to a single inside pocket.
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The standard men's shirt has a box pleat in the center of the back just below the shoulder or alternately one simple pleat on each side of the back.
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I could only eat very small amounts of anything, for I wanted to fit into my nice blue ( tilting to lavender ) silk taffeta skirt, a skirt that has box pleats.
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He showed accordion pleats, box pleats and unpressed pleats that gave the clothes a schoolgirl insouciance, but provided a more sophisticated look, with slim skirts that had pleats only at the hem in back.
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And I so love my nice blue ( tilting to lavender ) silk taffeta skirt with the box pleats and will not eat too much of anything, even just plain green leaves, for I look very beautiful in it.
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Later, for formal wear, the front was fitted to the body by means of a tightly-laced underbodice, while the back fell in loose box pleats called " Watteau pleats " from their appearance in the paintings of Antoine Watteau.
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It was inspired by Oscar Wilde's pronouncements that women should dress according to " Grecian form, " and its traditionalism is hinted at by a tiny row of box pleats at the hem; all these also suggest the toothlike details ( called dentils ) on the entablature of a Greek temple.
