A method of pleating a fabric, the method comprising pleating the fabric with a first pleating process to create a first set of pleats in the fabric along a first axis; pleating the fabric with a second pleating process to create a second set of pleats in the fabric along a second axis different to the first axis, wherein the second set of pleats are pleated over the first set of pleats, and wherein the first set of pleats is a set of in-plane pleats lying substantially in the plane of the fabric and the second set of pleats is a set of out-of-plane pleats which stand out of the plane of the fabric.

A method of pleating a fabric, the method comprising pleating the fabric with a first pleating process to create a first set of pleats in the fabric along a first axis; pleating the fabric with a second pleating process to create a second set of pleats in the fabric along a second axis different to the first axis, wherein the second set of pleats are pleated over the first set of pleats, and wherein the first set of pleats is a set of in-plane pleats lying substantially in the plane of the fabric and the second set of pleats is a set of out-of-plane pleats which stand out of the plane of the fabric.

A resin material of a type which can be applied to a garment crease line in a fluid condition and once exposed to a suitable environment, will then cure so as to harden and adhere along the crease line. The resin is free from tin or any organotin components while still maintaining the ability to cure and be effective. The resin, once cured, assists in prolonging the form of the crease in the garment. The resin material may be applied at the time of preparation of the new garment or, may, be applied after the garment has been washed.

A resin material of a type which can be applied to a garment crease line in a fluid condition and once exposed to a suitable environment, will then cure so as to harden and adhere along the crease line. The resin is free from tin or any organotin components while still maintaining the ability to cure and be effective. The resin, once cured, assists in prolonging the form of the crease in the garment. The resin material may be applied at the time of preparation of the new garment or, may, be applied after the garment has been washed.

One aspect of the invention provides a washable and dry-cleanable knit garment having a permanent pleat. The washable and dry-cleanable knit garment includes: a cotton-polyester blend knit fabric comprising at least 50% cotton; fusible interfacing fused to an interior surface of the cotton-polyester blend knit fabric to form a fabric-fusible assembly; and at least one permanent pleat formed in the fabric-fusible assembly. Another aspect of the invention provides a method of manufacturing a washable and dry-cleanable knit garment having a permanent pleat. The method includes: providing a cotton-polyester blend knit fabric comprising at least 50% cotton; applying fusible interfacing fused to an interior surface of the cotton-polyester blend knit fabric to form a fabric-fusible assembly; forming one or more pleats in the fabric-fusible assembly; and activating the fusible with a heat press.

One aspect of the invention provides a washable and dry-cleanable knit garment having a permanent pleat. The washable and dry-cleanable knit garment includes: a cotton-polyester blend knit fabric comprising at least 50% cotton; fusible interfacing fused to an interior surface of the cotton-polyester blend knit fabric to form a fabric-fusible assembly; and at least one permanent pleat formed in the fabric-fusible assembly. Another aspect of the invention provides a method of manufacturing a washable and dry-cleanable knit garment having a permanent pleat. The method includes: providing a cotton-polyester blend knit fabric comprising at least 50% cotton; applying fusible interfacing fused to an interior surface of the cotton-polyester blend knit fabric to form a fabric-fusible assembly; forming one or more pleats in the fabric-fusible assembly; and activating the fusible with a heat press.

Provided is a fiber molded body which has excellent durability against repeated compression and also has excellent flexibility and a cushioning property. The fiber molded body forms, on a surface of the fiber molded body, the ridges having a compressed and flattened shape in the thickness direction of the fiber molded body; or the fiber molded body forms a continuous curved surface with the fiber layer which forms the ridges and extends from both sides of the ridges in the thickness direction of the fiber molded body, and portions of the fiber layer of mutually adjacent ridges which form ridges and extend in the thickness direction of the fiber molded body come into close contact with each other in the thickness direction of the fiber molded body.

Provided is a fiber molded body which has excellent durability against repeated compression and also has excellent flexibility and a cushioning property. The fiber molded body forms, on a surface of the fiber molded body, the ridges having a compressed and flattened shape in the thickness direction of the fiber molded body; or the fiber molded body forms a continuous curved surface with the fiber layer which forms the ridges and extends from both sides of the ridges in the thickness direction of the fiber molded body, and portions of the fiber layer of mutually adjacent ridges which form ridges and extend in the thickness direction of the fiber molded body come into close contact with each other in the thickness direction of the fiber molded body.

A covering is particularly suited for use in a machine for producing and/or finishing a paper, cardboard, tissue or pulp web. The covering has a basic structure formed as a part of a flat woven material, which flat woven material is designed as a woven material by interlacing warp threads and weft threads. The portion of the flat woven material has a plurality of sections that are formed integrally with each other, with at least one property of one of the sections differing from the respective property of at least one adjacent section.

A covering is particularly suited for use in a machine for producing and/or finishing a paper, cardboard, tissue or pulp web. The covering has a basic structure formed as a part of a flat woven material, which flat woven material is designed as a woven material by interlacing warp threads and weft threads. The portion of the flat woven material has a plurality of sections that are formed integrally with each other, with at least one property of one of the sections differing from the respective property of at least one adjacent section.