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Why is there a pool of acid in a clothing design shop?

posted 16 years ago by mozartmessiah
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For that matter, why was there a giant saw in the same clothing design shop? You know, the one the bad guys used to cut the fat manager with in the beginning. I guess I just don't know much about fashion, but I figure that the designers use a chain-saw sized saw to cut their fabric with, and if, OOOPS, they make a mistake, they throw the fabric into the giant pool of bubbling acid. Okay, that makes perfect sense.

[–] layton59 9 years ago

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...the big saws are actually used in the
garment trade. When cutting out the separate pieces of a coat or shirt or whatever
they stack a whole buttload of the fabric and cut a bunch of layers at the same time.

Yes, exactly. The pattern is used on a thick stack of cloth material to make many pieces at one cutting. It would not be as productive to cut out each dress one at a time.

The old saying "having ones work cut out for them" comes from someone cutting out a stack of cloth all at once and then needing for each piece in the stack to be stitched for garments. It might be 50 dresses at one cutting, for example.

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[–] dbentley4 9 years ago

Excellent thread!