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The quiet engineering that decides whether a garment falls or flops.
means The folded, stitched edge at the bottom of a garment or piece of cloth, finished so the raw edge won't fray and the fabric hangs as intended.
from From Old English 'hem,' meaning a border or edge, with kin across the Germanic languages — Old Frisian 'hem' and related forms point to a shared root carrying the sense of a fenced-in or bordered space. The same edging instinct lives on in 'hem in,' to surround and confine. The hesitant 'hem and haw,' by contrast, is a separate creature — there 'hem' simply imitates the throat-clearing sound of someone stalling.
- old word
- From Old English meaning border or edge
- royal sabotage
- Couture hems weighted with chains for perfect drape
- hidden labor
- A blind hem stitch shows almost nothing outside
- verbal cousin
- To hem and haw is to hesitate aloud
- length politics
- Skirt hems tracked recessions for over a century
for instance
hem clothing brand — sustainable fashion company founded 2019 in stockholm