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🧵 A flat braid 💍 Decorative technique
soutache

soutache

9.9
A narrow, flat braid used to decorate clothes or furniture
  • noun
  • /suːˈtɑːʃ/
  • Specialized
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  • What we haven't seen is the Nats wearing the first generation of expansion Senators curly-W caps, the navy cap with a red W outlined in white and red soutache stripes.

Examples

  • The dress was beautifully designed with gold soutache adorning the hem and sleeves.

  • The back of the jacket was pleated, and soutache trim lay along the shoulders.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • For her wedding outfit, she chose a gown embellished with intricate soutache patterns.

  • He added soutache trim to the curtains to give them a more elegant look.

Synonyms

braiding
vssoutache
4 3.9

A decorative strip made by weaving threads to decorate clothes, curtains, or furniture

is a specific narrow flat trim rather than the general interwoven form
gimp
vssoutache
  • Specialized
1 9.1

A narrow decorative braid used to finish the edge of clothes or furniture

is the flat narrow braid used specifically as decorative trimming
ricrac
vssoutache
  • Specialized
9.8

A narrow ribbon with a zigzag edge for decorating clothes or fabric

is a flat braided trim rather than a zigzag ribbon

How Decorative

soutache
  • Specialized
9.9
braid
6 2.8
trim
34 3.8
ribbon
85 1.0

Surface Forms

soutache singular
soutaches plural

Etymology

Soutache comes from French and names a narrow decorative braid used on clothes and furniture; think of it as a thin 'braid' or 'trim' sewn along edges to make a neat, patterned finish. So when you see soutache on a jacket or chair, it is that flat, decorative braid.