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In addition to changing the lighting and painting the walls, Miranda-Martin prioritized the window treatments, with pinch pleat curtains from Ikea.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

And if I’m ever desperate for a sharp pleat, well, there’s always the dry cleaner for that.

From Slate ● Mar. 11, 2021

“We can’t produce them at the incredible rate she can pleat them, but they are delicious!”

From Washington Times ● Jul. 27, 2020

He may have given us the single glove as signifier, but he also understood the power of a well-placed pleat — especially before he began disappearing into the world of his own imagination.

From New York Times ● Aug. 29, 2018

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.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

It was the details at Dior that spoke volumes — subtle pop-culture references, the number of pleats on a pair of giant cargo shorts, the messy styling of a necktie.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2025

Every meticulous detail — from Anne’s tailored pleats to how each woman eats an apple — is beguiling.

From Salon ● May 2, 2025

One of them was very demure and mindful - think soft pastels, pussy bow blouses and pleats - as demonstrated by Chanel and Balenciaga.

From BBC ● Dec. 31, 2024

Throughout the film’s international premieres and the cast’s promotional appearances, Zendaya has served up looks with tennis whites, collars and pleats, sportswear fabrics like mesh and even actual tennis balls.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2024

“Howyou doing? You have to iron pleats this morning?”

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett

Joining Lenglen in the first is Coco Gauff, whose 2025 Wimbledon kit featured a pleated skirt and a corset-shaped top made of performance material—“the perfect harmony of heritage and modernity,” Ms. Kumar Nair writes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

On the first day of Haute Couture Week, which featured a star-packed show from Schiaparelli and a galaxy-inspired Iris Van Herpen collection, Anderson sent out a highly wearable selection of heavily textured and pleated outfits.

From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026

He complimented her on her blue pleated skirt and white blouse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026

Gehry’s first skyscraper, 8 Spruce, reimagined the Manhattan high-rise as a kind of gleaming, pleated fabric, its shifted stainless steel panels rippling downward, catching daylight in a constantly shifting display.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2025

It looked, to them, like something from the Victorian era, balanced on a spindly tripod, with a pleated belly like a bellows and a dark cloth that Mia ducked underneath.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

Her designs are made using traditional techniques such as pleating and draping and she sources tartan from local fabric mills honouring the "craftsmanship of traditional kiltmaking".

From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2026

The museum is clad in gray precast concrete panels, slightly angled from the wall in a way that suggests pleating.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2025

Actress and musician Teyana Taylor scored one of the Gala’s best looks early in the night, with a dandified look that took pleating and accessories to the next level.

From Salon ● May 6, 2025

Re-creating the famous white halter dress from “The Seven Year Itch” required a now-rare pleating technique and reverse engineering a complex pattern.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2022

Together they spread the fabric across the table, turning it, unfolding its pleating and cuffs, examining the intricate stitches and the scenes they created.

From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry