Glossary entry

Italiano term or phrase:

balze piatto

Inglese translation:

flat flounces

Added to glossary by Massimo Gaido
Mar 30, 2003 22:37
21 yrs ago
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Italiano term

balze piatto

Da Italiano a Inglese Altro fashion (bridal wear)
....In un mio modello la coda deriva da venti metri di taffeta moire, a balze piatto, cucite a mano, una per una.....

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flat flounces

Tessuti di genere romantico, trasparenti, ricami particolari, tessuti speciali, macramé, guipure, pizzi, tessuti stretch e goffrati, ricami su organze, garze, Pvc, voiles, raphya, ajoures, tessuti a balze, rouches, seersucker, stramati, nervature, tessuti cartacei, ricami fluorescenti, amalgamati, agugliati, sfrangiati, slegati, traforati, intagliati, gessature, applicazioni, paillettes, sciarpe, prêt-à-porter donna, tessuti per confezione di alta qualità.

All kind of machine - and hand-embroidered fabrics. Chemical laces, guipure, laces, stretch fabrics, organdis, gauzes, plastic (Pvc), voiles, ajoures, raphya, fabrics with flounces and rouches, seersucker uneven filling fabrics, pleated fabrics, paper fabrics fluorescent embroideries, fringed fabrics and loosely woven open fabrics, open work embroideries, chalklike fabrics, applications, paillettes, scarves. Fabrics for prêt-à-porter and haute couture. Romantic style with transparent fabric

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Peer comment(s):

agree Sarah Ponting : it almost sounds a contradiction - flounces are gathered - but I can't think of any other way of putting it and there are a few references on the web
7 ore
agree LoriG : I agree with 'flounces' as a translation of balze, however, it seems to me that 'piatto' refers to their shape, as in 'angolo piatto = angolo di 180 gradi'. hence it is not 'balze piatte' . I visualise this train as being made up of arched flounces.
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flat, individually hand-sewn pleats

Le balze piatte sono pleats.
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ungathered flounces

Balze are definitely flounces, i.e. pieces of material sewn along their top edge to the garment. These flounces however are not gathered (i.e. bunched up), and instead lie flat or piatto.
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