The few people who spend much time thinking about smocking certainly don`t associate it with boys. That`s precisely why ”The Little Prince,” a new line of designs for smocked items for boys, is a ...

Says Sarah Collins, professor of fashion at Savannah College of Art and Design, smocking is a way of manipulating fabric into pleats, and can also refer to the art of embroidering on pleated fabric.

According to the Fairchild Dictionary of Fashion, smocking (traditionally used on children’s clothing) is "decorative needlework used to hold gathered cloth together. The stitches catch alternate ...