FASHION INDUSTRY DICTIONARY

Define Seersucker.

Seersucker is a fabric with a length-wise striped puckered effect, but it is produced by alternate stripes of loose and tight warp yarns. Plisse is a cheaper imitation of seersucker. It does not have the depth or degree of pucker that is common to seersucker. You can distinguish seersucker from plisse by stretching the fabric in the warp direction. Plisse puckers stretch out flat; seersucker puckers do not.