It is all I can do, not to tap them on the shoulder and tell them that the kick pleat on the coat they are wearing, [the bottom point of the pleat is stitched together,] is meant to be cut prior to wearing so that it moves to open as they walk. Saw it on a young woman today as she walked down Bleecker St. I see it too on young men wearing a sport coat or a suit jacket: the vents are still tacked shut at the bottom. These ‘pleats’ and ‘vents’ have been stitched only for packing and transit. It used to be that the tailor or the department store section manager, clipped the stitch prior to hanging the garment on the rack. The last decade or so, no one has snipped. The final one is the label sewn on the cuff, of a cashmere coat or suit jacket. The brand name on one cuff only, was to make it stand out in a row of hanging garments. But it was never meant to be worn out of the shop. Saw one the other day. The man wearing it looked so pleased with himself. What can I say.