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20 lines
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title: Ease
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Ease is the amount of fabric that is added to a garment in addition to what is strictly required to make the garment fit.
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Without ease, a garment would fit you so precisely that you might not be able to get in to it, or would have problems moving in it.
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Ease that is added to allow you to move inside a garment is called wearing ease. Extra ease can be added beyond what is functionally needed. This is called design ease and is used to achieve a certain visual effect.
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Ease can work the other way too. When the fabric stretches, we can choose to use less fabric than what is needed to make the garment fit. This is called **negative ease**.
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Negative easy is used for stretchy materials where the garment must fit tightly. For example, in swimwear, tights, underwear, or sportswear.
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> Pictures by [Quinn Dombrowski](https://www.flickr.com/photos/quinnanya/8885126989/) and [sutiblr](https://www.flickr.com/photos/30788655@N08/4743320893)
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