The whole strengthening movement goes back to the run on 50s two-ply yarn to go into tricotines.
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Tricotine
Synonyms for "tricotine" (4 found)
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I was often the one to design original corsages for the campus debs...tiny bouquets to enhance the skirt of an antebellum gown or 5-braided silver or gold cord bracelets and necklaces with sweetheart roses embellished with French tricotine.
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She wrote to Florence for blue tricotine, enough for Marie to run up a dress she could wear to the office, and asked her stepmother to send a cutting of the fabric to her
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