Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Southern sensibility in dressing children has always included smocking. Here’s why. Says Sarah Collins, professor of fashion at ...

British-Brazilian designer Tessa Silva has used sand and wool to transform pleated fabric into a series of voluptuous vases and stools. Silva's Smock collection was born out of a technique she ...

You may be familiar with origami, the Japanese art of paper folding, but chances are you haven’t come across smocking. This technique refers to the way fabric can be bunched by stitches, often made in ...