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Fashion & Textiles vocabulary · Garments & Their Parts

Pocket

Meaning in fashion & textiles, with examples

/ˈpɒkɪt/nounCore term

In fashion & textiles, pocket means: A small bag of fabric sewn onto or into a garment to carry things, or for decoration, such as the front pockets of jeans.

In Turkish: cep

How it is used

Common types are patch pockets (sewn on top), welt pockets (set into a slit), slanted side pockets, flap pockets and the small coin pocket on jeans. Tech packs give the pocket position, size and pocket bag fabric.

Example sentences

  1. Move the chest pocket 1 cm towards the centre front.

  2. The pocket bags are made from a recycled polyester-cotton blend.

Common collocations

  • patch pocket
  • welt pocket
  • pocket bag
  • pocket position
  • flap pocket
  • garmentA single item of clothing, such as a shirt, dress, coat or pair of trousers, especially when talking about how it is designed, made or sold.
  • topstitchingA row of stitching sewn on the right side of a garment, close to a seam or edge, for decoration or to keep the seam flat.
  • trimsAll the materials used on a garment apart from the main fabric, such as buttons, zips, labels, thread, elastic, tape and hangtags.
  • technical flatA precise black-and-white drawing of a garment laid flat, from the front and back, showing seams, stitching and details for the factory.

More terms: Garments & Their Parts

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