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French to English translations [PRO] Textiles / Clothing / Fashion / Luxury clothing - Chanel Jacket
French term or phrase:galons en maille
I am translating a text about the construction of the iconic Chanel tweed jacket. This sentence refers to the braiding:
Elle imprime une force graphique, avec des galons en gros grain, **en maille** ou autres infinies variations, unicolores ou bicolores, parfois même taillés et rapportés dans une lisière à effet « non fini » frangé.
I have translated "des galons en gros grain" as "petersham braid" as per my client's glossary. I don't know how to translate "des galons en maille".
en ce qui concerne gimp, j'ai cru comprendre que cela s'utilisait surtout pour les fauteuils, canapés etc. Enfin, quand on dit gimp braid, on pense à la déco intérieure. C'est peut-être pour cela qu'on hésite à s'en servir quand on parle de Chanel ...
@ SJLD "maille" I think is more like the loops of a chain (but I could be wrong!) whereas "tressé" is plaited/braided. I hadn't seen that book before; looks good. Isn't terminology just so interesting? (and time-consuming when researching le mot juste)
@ Petitavoine
oui, ils se ressemblent beaucoup les deux. Mais, avec le nom "Chanel", le mot "braid-trimmed" (pas "gimp") est utilisé tout le temps ou, au moins plus souvent, en anglais (il me semble).
L'ouvrage original de J. Carey en anglais http://www.careycompany.com/braidersbible-book.html
dit 200 Braids to Twist, Knot, Loop or Weave, alors je verrais bien twist=torsadé, macramé=knot, tissé=woven, tressé=braid/plait. Il nous reste loop qu'on peut aussi traduire par maille. Dommage qu'on trouve peu de "galon maille chanel" comme celui-ci sur Internet: http://www.lamerceriedusud.fr/Galons-maille-channel-cbvaaafs... ... et qui d'ailleurs se retrouve tout simplement sous "braid" chez macculloch-wallis de gallagy... et sous "gimp braid" et sous "French braid". Bon, mais j'arrête maintenant !
I wonder though what is the difference between galon en maille and galon tressé.
La bible de la passementerie / Jacqui Carey. - Temps apprivoisé, 2008. -
256 p. - (LTA arts du fil).
[SP] 746.27
CAR
Des modèles de cordelettes et de galons classés selon leur méthode de fabrication pour apprendre les
différentes techniques de la passementerie. Des explications étape par étape permettent de réaliser des
cordelettes torsadées, des macramés, des galons en maille, tissés ou tressés.
This amazing woman made "galons" for Chanel using techniques entriely her own. Apparently none of the trainees the fashion house sent over the years were able to learn them adequately. She used an intricate mix of twisting and weaving. But even "Monsieur Karl" had to wait unti she'd finished haymaking!
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http://www.siskiyouknits.com/grannielinda/colorarticles/brai...
The knitted braid, or "Baltic" braid is an embellishment that looks like you have braided some yarn and glued or stitched it along the surface of your knitting. It is done with a single color, or two colors. The braid looks best if it has a few rows of a background color worked in plain knitting before starting the braid and after finishing it. The braid can be used along the bottom or top of a sweater, hat, or socks.
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Explanation: a combination of previous two answers. The "galons" =trim and "en maille" means it's like a chain or linked chain. However, linked chain or chain braid doesn't google well for images whereas "braided trim" shows exactly the type of trims used by Chanel
Trims make the Chanel style jacket. You may find chenille or braid trims at your fabric store that will work for your jacket or might be able to combine two or more ...
13 Jul 2009 – We'll look at a number of options for trimming Chanel-style jackets. ... Finally, here's a classic: a braid placed on top of grosgrain ribbon. A trip to ...
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it could even be a GIMP Trim (see pic in 1st link). Hard to say for sure without pic as Chanel used/uses a lot of different braided trims
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regarding discussion entries re (French) "gimp braid trim" it is difficult to find it used in relation to Chanel ( I found a couple of blogs as below but nothing more "official") I think it can be used for clothing as well, though it seems to be used more frequently for home décor as Petitavoine says. However, gimp is a stronger/strenghtened trim, usually with a wire or other form of strenghtener running through it so I think the original answer of "Braided trim" is the safest here as there are many ghits for this associated with Chanel.
4 posts - 3 authors - 28 Sep 2008
When I couldn't find trim for my pink Chanel jacket, to match, I layered 2 ribbons, one gimp, and again, stitched the whole together with beads. ...
gorgeousfabrics.com/blog/2011/03/.../trims-for-the-chanel-style-jack...
24 Mar 2011 – Mohair Braid Gimp over the Petersham ... I tried trimming a chanel type jacket with a trim that was just too close to the colour tones of the boucle ...
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