You see it in the many bouncing clothes that are not just pleats. To make them, two or three people twist them - twist, twist, twist the pleats, sometimes three or four persons twist together and put it all in the machine to cook it.
We can also cut by heat - heat punch. And we also can cut by cold - extreme cold. When you cut with heat, it makes a mark. With cold, no mark. It depends on the fabric.
To be honest, I think we should find first the possibility to make it. Research is first - if you`re not interested, you never can find something. Many things happen from forgotten machines - ones that are no longer used.