Passementerie

Tassels, ribbons, cords, tapes, bows, braids etc., used as trimming and decoration for clothes. Chanel uses them as an accessory to trim the skirts and jackets of its suits. In Gone with the Wind, Scarlett O’Hara makes herself a dress and hat from green velvet curtains decorated with passementerie in order to impress Rhett and make him think she is a fine lady when in fact she is struggling with her finances.