Glossary: Yoke

Glossary: Yoke

Glossary: Yoke | The Cutting Class. Chanel, AW14, Paris.

Chanel, AW14, Paris.

An example of a yoke as seen in the Chanel collection for Autumn-Winter 2014. In this example the yoke panel line is used to attach the additional, free floating panels into the front of the jacket.

Glossary: Yoke | The Cutting Class. Chanel, AW14, Paris. Free floating panels are attached into the jacket front using the yoke seam line.

Images from Vogue.co.uk

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