Smocking Design

Smocking is an embroidery technique used to gather fabric so that it can stretch. Smocking developed in England and has been practiced since the Middle Ages. It is around 1920, that smocked dresses really became tied with good taste and upper-class attire. For children, they were the emblem of classic chic style. To the point that they became the typical outfit of royal families and it is still worn today by royal princesses.

A western vintage-inspired childhood dress featuring the stitching method might first come to mind, but today we prove that the smocked dress is a modern summertime cheongsam worth the invest.

Billowy sleeves and an airy cotton linen skirt will be perfect for the hottest of summer days. We chose to show in waved mandarin collar and hand-smocked details, which took a slightly femininity and short of a minimalist feel.

This gingham smocking dress requires 3 times wider fabric than the finished width to allow for smocking. 100% Hand-smocked with high quality cotton floss embroidery threads and highly colorfast, for the best quality outcome. Align gingham causes more fabric needed, but it also create a more sophisticated and tailored look.

This smocking dress requires five times wider fabric than the finished width to allow for pleating and smocking. Each piece in this couture collection takes hundreds of hours of work from smocking to button making. But the outcome was truly satisfying.