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Recent Examples of smocking
The matching pink tea-length skirt featured Emily Adams Bode Aujla’s signature crafty details, with bands of smocking and cross-stitching at the waistband.
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Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2024
The smocking around the waistline creates a slimming effect and the ruffle sleeves lend to romantic detailing.
—Jean Chen Smith, Travel + Leisure, 3 Sep. 2024
The ties, puff-sleeves, and smocking are subtle enough to wear this on repeat for years to come.
—Neha Tandon, Travel + Leisure, 17 July 2024
There’s elastic smocking in the back for comfort, and our favorite feature, pockets on the front seams.
—Shea Simmons, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2024
With all-over smocking that adds fun texture and a playful ruffle hem and neckline, this dress is ready to bring the party.
—Sarah Boyd, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
The smocking and tie-front features ensure a great fit, while the rest of the dress capitalizes on comfort.
—Erin Johnson, Peoplemag, 31 July 2023
And then there are textural design features that disguise creases, like smocking, stretchy rib-knits, and crinkle-cuts.
—Amy Louise Bailey, Travel + Leisure, 14 Apr. 2023
This year, Loeffler Randall has expanded its wedding suite with contemporary-yet-confectionary wedding dresses, resplendent with romantic smocking and poufy sleeves (left) or crafted in lace with a peek-a-boo sheer hem (below).
—Halie Lesavage, harpersbazaar.com, 22 Apr. 2023
Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2024
The smocking around the waistline creates a slimming effect and the ruffle sleeves lend to romantic detailing.
—Jean Chen Smith, Travel + Leisure, 3 Sep. 2024
The ties, puff-sleeves, and smocking are subtle enough to wear this on repeat for years to come.
—Neha Tandon, Travel + Leisure, 17 July 2024
There’s elastic smocking in the back for comfort, and our favorite feature, pockets on the front seams.
—Shea Simmons, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2024
With all-over smocking that adds fun texture and a playful ruffle hem and neckline, this dress is ready to bring the party.
—Sarah Boyd, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
The smocking and tie-front features ensure a great fit, while the rest of the dress capitalizes on comfort.
—Erin Johnson, Peoplemag, 31 July 2023
And then there are textural design features that disguise creases, like smocking, stretchy rib-knits, and crinkle-cuts.
—Amy Louise Bailey, Travel + Leisure, 14 Apr. 2023
This year, Loeffler Randall has expanded its wedding suite with contemporary-yet-confectionary wedding dresses, resplendent with romantic smocking and poufy sleeves (left) or crafted in lace with a peek-a-boo sheer hem (below).
—Halie Lesavage, harpersbazaar.com, 22 Apr. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for smocking
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There is also the option to try the ancient craft of paper marbling or needlepoint and embroidery in the estate’s historic Stables’ Tach Room.Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2024
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The forecast had been partly sunny, but raindrops were doing needlepoint on the bridge club’s roof.Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 30 July 2024
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The Scheels Sweater Weather Collection features four tumblers in royal maroon, peacock blue-green, baby pink with white polka dots and white with red cross-stitch patterns.Ada Tseng, WWD, 31 Oct. 2024
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Tatiana tended to her large acreage of farmland and often spent her evenings knitting socks or crafting complex cross-stitch patterns of landscapes, animals and ballerinas.Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 16 Oct. 2024
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Find these prints in tapestry, crewel work and cut velvet for the biggest impact.Erin Hayes Burt, Dallas News, 13 June 2023
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Elizabeth Cooper, another Bay Area designer, highlighted furry alternatives such as alpaca (see the Arhaus pillow at right), while Bethesda, Md., designer Marika Meyer likes the tactility of crewel embroidery.Kathryn O’Shea-Evans, WSJ, 30 Dec. 2020
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Best: $130 to $190 400 to 600 thread count Egyptian or Pima cotton, some with windowpane or hemstitch detailing.Hannah Morrill, ELLE Decor, 15 Nov. 2018
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For this place setting, Kate Goddard of Wild Sky Events paired a textured white charger with a silver crosshatch pattern, a white hemstitch napkin, and a handmade paper menu with dusty gray-blue calligraphy.Dobrina Zhekova, Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
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“Smocking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smocking. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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