shirring

I found shirring elastic the easiest to use when threading small buttons.

Emily Dickinson features twice: once as a poet, her poem printed on top of printed newspaper and sewn into a dress shape, the shirring making the text difficult to decipher--but one way or another isn't poetry often like that?; and in an earlier entry there is a recipe for coconut cake in Dickinson's handwriting, written "cocoanut" cake by her.

Given in marriage by her grandfather, William Lee Crim Sr., the bride wore a designer gown of white satin and featured a shirring of intricately embroidered tulle in a silver fleur design touched with crystals, clear sequins, and mirror beads that fashioned the strapless bodice.

Shirring on the neckline and hems make tops quite versatile as they can be worn on or off the shoulder and sit high or lower on the hip.

3 Pink shirring camisole by Bruuns Bazaar pounds 35 @ Cruise; Long Floral skirt by Chine pounds 185 @ Cruise; Silk scarf (tied around waist) pounds 35 @ Armani; Beaded necklace pounds 5 and beaded bracelet pounds 3.50, both Top Shop

They wore midnight chiffon knee-length dresses with shirring at the midriffs and shirred chiffon bows and streamers in the back.

From the dropped waistline accented around the sides with shirring fell the mermaid skirt and chapel-length train edged in pleating matching that at the neckline.

Each attendant wore a chiffon cocktail-length dress of cornflower blue with vertical shirring overlaying the empire waist bodice of the flared A-line skirt.

The attendants wore floor-length gowns of ice blue satin-faced taffeta featuring strapless bodices detailed at the waistline with shirring of fawn satin.