Pleating has many different uses on the tailored hat. Fine ribbon pleatings are used as pipings with which to join straw braid as it is sewed to brim and crown. Threading the Loops on Heavy Thread. Turning Back the Corners of the Ribbon Loops. Completed Hat with Ribbon Pleating Used for Brim Edge, Crown Band, and Ornament at Right Side.
Wider ribbons are box-pleated in double or triple pleats and tied.
Such pleatings are used for designs in the facings of rolled brims. Taffeta may be cut in straight strips to resemble ribbon and fringed on both longitudinal edges. When pleated, this fringing makes lovely edges on large hats, or entire brims for small hats. Shot silk, that is, changeable silk, is effective when treated in this manner. Several different shades may be used, as a row of French blue, one of beige, and one of almond-green taffeta on a brown satin hat.