This document provides details about a student's collection development project focused on creating garments with a plisse effect. The student learned about design basics including shapes, lines, and folds. For an exhibition, the student created a dress using different pleating techniques like mountain and valley folds and pleat tessellation. Folding paper prototypes helped develop the pleating patterns before applying them to fabric. The completed dress featured intricate patterns of horizontal and vertical pleats created through a folding technique described in the document.

1. PLISSE
EFFECT
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Kriti Tolani
2nd Year Fashion Design Diploma NSQF level 6 of NSDC
Collection Development - Plisse Effect`

2. Introduction
In the Design Basics subject, we got the knowledge of Elements Of Design.
In which we learnt point, different types of lines, constructed geometric sh-
-apes, motifs and patterns using scale and compass.
All the above mentioned work is in my previous pages.
After this, what we have learnt is in my subsequent pages. Earlier we work-
-ed in two dimensions and now on three dimensions. We have
created forms using different types of shapes like sqaure in cube and
rectangle incuboid. We have created different types of folds and pleats
using lines.
Our organises an exhibition every year where we showcase our work and
portfolios and make one collection. This years exhibition on the concept
hooked, brings out the pleat work collection which in turn is going to hook
the client to the customer. This time we made our collection on Plisse
Effect in which design basics helped us. The knowledge of different form
lead us to the silhoutte for the dress. The aesthics of geometry is used in
foldings. We have devised different types of pleats and folds using lines
onto the paper in our prototype development phase leading to a final
selection of same into the fabric.
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3. identity
EXHIBITION
This exhibition “identity” is a student works exhibition. The students
present their identity for industry and develop confidence in them by
This is a platform where students get a chance to showcase their
work and portfolio and get an opportunity to create their own identity.
We had our this years works exhibition on 9th and 10th November.
We had a lot of jury members to see our creations and a lot of students
to hear us speaking, which really helped us to create our own identity
Receiving feedback from judges and students as viewers is a part of
the development and confidence building process
learning the industry skills.
and build confidence.

4. Plisse Effect`
Plisse is a french word which means to pleat, to fold or to crease. The term
encompass a variety of effects from the tiny puckers to thestraight pin tucks.
For creating Plisse Effect, we had devised various types of pleats by hand
using methods like furl, corrugation ruff drape, crimp, plait, gather, ruck, tuck,
dart ruche or wrinkle, even plisse, smocking, shirring or ganging or one of
many other specialist terms relating specifically to manipulation of fabric.
In industry this is usually done by pleaters. But we had tried on small scale
and one home method for creating pleats in by simply folding material and
ironing or sewing to achive the desired effect
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5. Foldings
Plisse
Effect
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These are some
papers which I
had folded to
give Plisse Effect.
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6. These are some
papers which I
had folded to
give Plisse Effect.
Plisse
Effect
`Forms
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7. My Creation On PLISSE EFFECT
I had taken Pleats tesselation and mountain valley folds in my dress.
1. Mountain And Valley Fold:
They are the simplest of origami folds. Every origami starts out with a
valley or mountain fold.
Valley fold is the crease at the bottom and the paper is folded
forward into itself. The paper should form a V when you unfold.
Mountain fold is the crease sits at the top like peak of a mountain
when you unfold, the paper looks like a mountain.
I had taken mountain and valley fold as the base of my dress.
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8. My Creation On PLISSE EFFECT
I had taken Pleats tesselation and mountain valley folds in my dress.
2. Pleat Tesselation:
Pleats is formed by a pair of adjacent parallel fold, one a mountain and the other a valley
fold.
Tesselations are formed by repeating a single pattern or a small set of pattern across the
whole fabric.
So, Pleat tesselation formed by folding a sequence of pleats parallel to edges. Paper has
positive finite thickness and this folding is notflat. They can be forced into lying flat by careful
application of force, but as soon as they are released, they spring back into three-dimensional
shape. This behaviour is the result of locking fold. the lock consist of 2 parallel mountain folds
close to edge, and keeps the pleats folded tightly at the edge.
Basic Pleat Tesselation; unlocked Basic Pleat tesselation; reverse
While constructing:
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9. 1. I had divided the square into
180×180 small squares of
1cm×1cm by mountain folds.
2. Then used the first mountain
line to make a pleat downwards;
the valley fold of the pleat should
be about 1/3 of the grid distance
away from the mountain.
3. Then folded a rightward pleat
similar as before using the first
vertical mountain line.
4. Then I continue pleating alternating
between horizontal and vertical pleats
till the end. And the last pleats in the
air and not on the table(when the paper
begins to curve).
Technique
Basic Pleat Technique

10. Final
Dress

11. Thank You
I would like to thank Dezyne E’cole College for providing me such an
opportunity, where I was filled with thrill and energy.
I am proud Dezyne E’colian.