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Palazzo Category: Clothing Flowy pants made of soft fabric with an extra-large leg opening....
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Patchwork Category: Fabrics, Embellishments, Textures, Prints Patchwork is a collage of several different prints and solid fabrics, all sewn together to make one garment....
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Patent Leather Category: Fabrics, Embellishments, Textures, Prints Patent leather is leather that has been treated with a very thin plastic coating to give it aa highly glossy, shiny finish. This same coating is given...
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Pearl Category: Fabrics, Embellishments, Textures, Prints A round object that is made when an irritant, like a grain of sand, enters the inner folds of a mollusk. Pearls are generally white, but also come in...
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Peasant Category: Clothing Peasant skirts are long, usually gauzy and sometimes have several tiers. They usually have ethnic prints. Peasant blouses are also gauzy, and typically...
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Pedal Pushers Category: Clothing Pedal Pushers are shorts that hit at high to mid-calf range....
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Pencil Category: Clothing The pencil skirt is knee-length and very form-fitting. It usually has a slit to allow for proper movement....
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Photo Category: Fabrics, Embellishments, Textures, Prints Photo Prints are when actual photograph images are transferred onto fabric. Many times flowers are used, but these differ from floral prints in that photo...
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Piping Category: Fabrics, Embellishments, Textures, Prints Piping is a small, thin trim on clothing and accessories, usually in a contrasting colour....
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Plaid Category: Fabrics, Embellishments, Textures, Prints Plaid originated in Scotland and originally, every family had its own plaid. Plaid is made up of lines and squares in different colours (as few as two...
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