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Why ease is built into a garment

Ease is extra cloth beyond the body so a garment can move and pass over curves.

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From the opening

Ease is cloth a garment has beyond the bare size of the body, planned so the wearer can breathe, sit, and lift an arm. Without it a woven piece would fit like a tight skin, because cloth on the straight grain does not stretch the way the body moves. The opening covers wearing ease leaves room to move, design ease sets the silhouette, and straight grain barely gives.

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Inside

Wearing ease leaves room to move
Design ease sets the silhouette
Straight grain barely gives
Knits can be cut closer
Where the idea stops applying
A distinction worth keeping

Sources

Wearing ease in garment cutting
Design ease and silhouette

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Why ease is built into a garment

From the opening

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