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Patch Pocket
A pocket attached to the outside of a garment.

Pearlized Buttons
Buttons that have a pearl-colored hue.

Pewter and Horn Tone Buttons
Buttons that incorporate pewter and horn tone, usually one encompasses the other.

Pewter Buttons
Buttons that have a dull, metallic hue.

Pigment Dyed
A type of dye used to create a distressed or washed look.

Pill Free
A process developed to help prevent pilling on fleece garments.

Pique Knit
(a) A knitting method that creates a fine textured surface that appears similar to a birds nest, waffle weave or honeycomb. It offers an open knit surface with a coarser hand than jersey or interlock and used primarily in short-sleeve knit polo shirts. (b) A tightly knit fabric with a rough or raised surface - typically found in higher quality sport or golf shirts.

Placket
The part of a shirt or jacket where the garment fastens or buttons together.

Polyester
A wrinkle resistant fabric of man-made filament fibers.

Poly-filled
A warm polyester lining found in the body or sleeves of outerwear garments. It has more loft than a regular nylon lining.

Polynosic
Features similar characteristics to cotton and silk, has excellent luster and very little shrinkage.

Popcorn Pique
Alternating rows of 2 different pique knits; one knit is a baby pique, while the other is a larger pique that resembles small circles knit closely together.

Poplin
A tightly woven, durable, medium weight cotton or cotton blend fabric made using a rib variation of the plain weave which creates a slight ridge effect.

Pre-Shrunk
This term refers to a manufacturing process whereby the fabric is compressed before a garment is sewn from it. The fabric decompresses during washing, compensating for any natural shrinkage. "Pre-shrunk" does NOT mean "Pre-washed".

Print Pro
A knitting process developed for fleece garments that creates a tighter knit for a better printing surface.

PVC
A polyurethane coating that is added to make garments water resistant.