Princess line or princess dress describes a woman's fitted dress or other garment cut in long panels without a horizontal join or separation at the waist.[2][3] Instead of relying on darts to shape the garment, the fit is achieved with long seams (princess seams) and shaped pattern pieces.[4] A rarely used alternative name for the princess line was French-dart-line dress.[5][6]
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- ^ Shelden, Martha Gene (1974). Design through draping. USA: Burgess Pub. Co. p. 35. ISBN 9780808719069.