Bias (textile)

The inclined or diagonal cut a tissue is cut ° to the weave direction in the 45. In this case, two cutting directions are possible, which are mutually perpendicular. Material is elastic in the direction of the diagonals, so promotes oblique section and the light case, the extensibility of a garment.

The Parisian fashion designer Madeleine Vionnet was known in particular that they often began the bias cut in their creations.