Ruffles, hip ties, breast padding, cutouts that create an optical illusion of curves and ruching are good examples.

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The poufy pleats of ruching, the velvet's nap and the refractions of silk: Such subject matter wasn't noble or timeless, but noble and timeless didn't interest the Impressionists.

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