F.Ciment Pleating company

 Today a company called F.ciment Pleaters who are a long running family business since 1929 came to our university to talk to us about the business. Truthfully speaking I am not really a huge fan of pleats but I do admire their dedication and hard work they put to create these amazing 3d inspired patterns. It was quite fascinating to watch  how a piece of fabric can be moulded & transformed using heat process to create unique patterns, textures and volumes.
    Most of the materials they used were polyesters as they are considered to be durable due to its stretchy fabric and they can also be washed at a low temperature and still manages to hold a pleat. Other fabrics like organza,leather and silk are used too. They also used non-conventional materials like laminated plastic and card-boards. Some of the pleats were done by hand which was hard to believe but according to the man, it took between 50 to 60 hours to make. It was interesting to know that they specialise their work on London fashion week , theatre, films &  for celebrities like lady gaga to Kylie Minogue and hit tv programmes like dancing on ice .