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kick pleat
noun
- an inverted pleat extending upward 6 to 10 inches (15 to 25 centimeters) from the hemline at the back of a narrow skirt, to allow freedom in walking.
kick pleat
noun
- a back pleat at the hem of a straight skirt to allow the wearer greater ease in walking
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of kick pleat1
First recorded in 1930–35
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The dress’s skirt has a kick pleat, and if you glance beneath it, you’ll find five layers of underskirt, three of them meticulously embroidered, just in case the performer lifts her dancing shoe.
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She comes with four changes of clothes: a Kelly green ball gown, a teal suit with a calotte hat, a sweater and matching kick pleat skirt and a nightgown with a peignoir.
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I have a charcoal-gray pencil skirt that’s hard to walk in despite the kick pleat, and a bat wing sweater, a red one with modulated gray horizontal stripes across it.
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