Pretentay - a kind of frills, is a small triangular details prisborennye and sewn separately from each other on the edge of the cut-out dress, the sleeves on Tuglie cap or bonnet.
The word comes from the French pretentieux, which means "artsy". Such ruffles were popular with fashionistas of the 18th century, they symbolized the flower petals. Often on one article of clothing sewn triangles of different colors.
Due to the fact that the cutting parts came on the bias, each individual element of twist and draped in folds.
Nowadays pretentay mainly used for decoration of swimwear.