Modernist Smocking SeriesSmocking is an embroidery technique used to gather fabric so that it can stretch. Before elastic, smocking was commonly used in cuffs, bodices, and necklines in garments where buttons were undesirable. Smocking was developed in England, has been practiced since the Middle Ages, and is unusual among embroidery methods in that it was often worn by laborers. The technique and definition of smocking is wide ranging and loosely defined. Annie Coggan has