In two stages, it is the whole appearance of a changing garment. This simple gesture to make, which we tend to forget, however allows us to redouble elegance.
Our clothes whisper us with clues that sometimes should be listened to. Indeed, on a room, every detail has its reason for being, its usefulness: a strangely placed shoulder, a hidden pocket, an incongruous seam, an hem … So, if fashion has been no longer arbitrary, some clothing prerequisites remain to know to control the art of appearing. The latter are directly linked to the construction of the garment: they perfect or ruin the fall and the cut of the latter, depending on whether you apply them or not. On coats and jackets, there is therefore a small gesture that we all forget to make. Not by voluntary negligence, but because we do not know that it is necessary. And everything happens at the back… explanations.
When you buy them, jackets, blazers and coats often dress in a slit sewn in the lower back. This cross -shaped seam, called “holding cross” or “cross” in jargon, is intended to be cut when wearing said garment … except that some do not do so. However, once the coat is put on, the sewing held creates a sort of unsightly yawning when the body begins to move: it swells it, spoils the silhouette of the latter.
But then, one might wonder what is the use of this cross seam if it has no aesthetic and decorative utility strictly speaking? The reason is very simple: it is used to preserve the shape of the mantle when it transports the place of manufacture to the place of sale – no more, no less. In doing so, the two sides of the slit do not comply and do not deform on the way. Not hard to look great: it is sometimes enough to cut a seam …
