Pleating as an art form in fashion, has unfolded across centuries. From the Egyptian's elaborate garments to the iconic white skirt made famous by Marylin Monroe to the modern interpretation of the ...

“It takes a skilled karigar and a lot of patience to hand pleat a textile of varied nature and convert it into an outfit,” says Amit Aggarwal, while explaining how he does knife pleating on garments.

Pleats have been around for decades but micro-pleating, or plissé, is having a reboot as designers take inspiration for spring from Issey Miyake’s innovative Pleats Please line of the 1990s. The ...