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◦Learning Fashion Terms◦Video on history of fashion

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Portfolio

Style Fashion

Garment

Apparel

Silhouette

Avant-Garde

Fad Classic

FitDrapedTailored Collectio

nAlterations

VintageRetro

Pattern

Fashion Swing

Fashion Cycle

Articles Added to complete/enhance an outfit (jewelry, ties, scarves, etc.)

Accessories

All clothing (women’s, men’s, children’s)Apparel

Modifications that change a garment in some way.

Alterations

Ahead of fashion. Usually daring or wild designs.

Avant-Garde

Clothing that continues to be popular even though fashions change.

Classic

Group of clothes designed and produced by a designer for a specific season.

Collection

Passing love for new fashion.Craze

Garments which look like the original haute couture design but are of lower quality.

Typically sold in large department stores or high priced retail stores.

Copies

Designer who owns their own design house.Couturier

Have a special fit, design, and fabric for one person who ordered it.

Custom Designed

Garments that are wrapped/hung on the body.

Draped

Temporary, passing fashionFad

Current popular style of clothing.

Fall trends

Fashion

Every fashion has a fashion cycle as it is introduced, grows, matures and declines. Some fashion cycles are short, others are

very long.

Fashion Cycle

Stealing design ideas or the use of a design without the consent of the designer.

Fashion Piracy

When certain details of clothing and accessories change according to fashion.

Example: Skirt lengths that go up and down.Jackets that get longer and shorter.

Fashion Swing

General Direction that a silhouette takes

Fashion Trend

How tight or loose the garment is on the person wearing it.

Fit

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Any article of apparel (a suit, shirt, dress, etc.)

Garment

The finest dressmaking; the high fashion industry.

Haute Couture

Slight imperfections, usually not noticeable, but noticeable enough to price down the

garment.

Irregulars

Lower price copies of garments that are produced in great volume and are of lower

quality.

Knock-Offs

Contains all the instructions needed for construction a sewing project.

Pattern

2/3 of the clothing sales are in this market. Clothes are mass-produced in great volume

in common styles and colors. Sold in discount stores, department store

basements and through inexpensive catalog sales

Low Priced Market

Not designed for a particular person but is made with that person in mind; then they

have the opportunity to purchase that garment.

Made-to-Order

1/3 of clothing sales are in this market; clothing is produced in small numbers in

factories and is sold in small specialty shops.

Medium Priced Market

Set of drawings, written articles, and samples that exemplify a person’s work or skills;

useful for presentations when seeking a job.

Portfolio

Contains all the instructions needed for constructing a sewing projects.

Pattern

Set of drawings, written articles, and samples that exemplify a person’s work or skills;

useful for presentations when seeking a job.

Portfolio

Mass produced in factories manufactured according to standard sizes (sometimes

called off-the rack)

Ready-to-Wear

Styles brought back from an earlier time.Retro

Advertise and sell items directly to the general public (department stores, chain stores, discount stores, small shops, and

mail order).

Retail Stores

Soiled or flawed clothing; more noticeable than an irregular; priced much lower.

Seconds

Outline or shape of a garment that forms when one or more lines come together to

enclose an area.4 TypesNatural: follows body’s outlineTubular: rectangular (no defined waist)Bell: diagonal and horizontal lines (A line

skirts, flared pants)Full: horizontal (Make body look larger)

Silhouette

Any particular design, shape or type of apparel item.

Style

The process of fitting a garment to the body (typically done with suits and coats)

Tailored

Fashions for earlier decadesVintage

All apparel that a person owns.Wardrobe

Sells to retailers in large lots, usually from a big warehouse. Buyers must usually purchase high volumes of clothing.

Wholesale Business