MAHILA MAHAVIDYALAYA

BHU VARANASI

Presentation on
FASHION
TERMINOLOGIES
SUBMITTED TO:
Dr. Prasansha Sharma
What is fashion Terminology?

It is the vocabulary for the fashion industry, from the

design studio to the runway to retail stores.
Fashion:

The display of the currently

popular style of clothing. A
fashion is the prevailing
type of clothing that is
favored by a large segment
of the public at any given
time and influenced by
Social, Political,
Economical and Artistic
media.
Style:
A particular design, shape or type of apparel item. The style of
the garment is determined by the distinct features that create its
overall appearance. 
 Costume:
It is the distinctive style of dress of an
individual or group that reflects their
class, gender, profession, ethnicity,
nationality or activity.

Apparel:
Any and all men’s, women’s, and
children’s wear clothing is called as an
‘Apparel’.
Garment:

Any article of apparel, such as a

dress, suit, coat, evening gown or
sweater is called a garment.
Garment Component:
any part of garment like sleeve, collars, cuff, waistband
etc. are called as garment components.
 Silhouette:

The shape of the clothing style. It is formed by the width

and length of the neckline, sleeves, waistline and pants
or skirts. If you were to squint your eyes and look at a
suit, dress or coat, the outline (shape) of the garment
would show its silhouette. Silhouettes are always changing
in fashion. The general direction that a silhouette takes
(wider-narrower-longer-shorter) shows a fashion trend.
Hi fashion:
High fashion are the latest or
newest fashions. They are
usually of top quality, with fine
workmanship and beautiful
fabrics. Because of the quality,
they are expensive. High
fashion styles originate from
top name designers in leading
fashion cities. Details of high
fashion filter down into
generally accepted fashions.
Knock offs or high street :

lower priced copies of garments. They are produced in high quantity

with lower priced materials. Copies of Haute Couture garments are
made in quantity by high prices manufacturer- they look like the
original, but the price had been reduced. Some of the top high
fashion brands are@ Zara @ Mango.
Fad:
A temporary, passing fashion. It
is an item or look that has great
appeal to many people for a
short period of time. A fad
becomes popular fast, and the
dies out quickly. 
Classic:
An item of clothing that continues to
be popular even though fashion
changes.
It is always acceptable.
Classics were originally fashion
items, but their general appeal and
simple style lines have kept them
popular.
They can worn year after year.

Examples of classics: White dress

shirts, dark business suits, pleated
skirts, loafer shoes, blues jeans, and
salwar kameez.
Pret a porter:
often abbreviated RTW; "off-the-rack" or "off-the-peg"
in casual use) is the term for factory-made clothing, sold
in finished condition, in standardized sizes, as distinct
from made to measure or bespoke clothing tailored to
a particular person's frame.
Be spoke:
So, a tailor who makes custom
clothes individually, to your
specific personal measurements,
design requirements and creates a
custom one-of pattern for
that garment is called “bespoke”.
Haute couture:
”Finest Dress Making” in French. It means the high fashion industry.
It refers to a group of firms or “Fashion house”, each with a designer
who creates original, individually designed fashions only in France.
The designer who owns the firm in the couturier or maker.

Haute means "high" or "elegant." Couture literally means "sewing,

" They are very expensive. They are constructed with expensive
fabric, and include a great deal of hand work. They are some times;
a. Custom designed made for a specific person
b. Made to order, or custom made are not designed for a particular
person, although they are made for a specific person. He or she
places an order after seeing a sketch or picture.
Avant garde:
The most daring and wild designs. They are unconventional
and startling.
Mass Fashion:
Clothes to cater to a wider range of
customers, producing ready-to-wear
clothes in large quantities and standard
sizes.
>Less costly materials and construction techniques
>produce affordable high street fashion
>Standardized sizing is used
>trims and notions are scaled down but still try to keep
the look of designer clothing.

Other names for mass-market:- ready-to-wear, off the

rack.
e.g.:-old navy, target .
They copy trends and movies.
They don’t work on inspiration or any specific story.
Indian markets- Global desi, Westside….
 A-Line:
A-line is the name of the triangle-like
silhouette that begins fitted, typically
starting at the waist, and gets
gradually wider from the hips down
to the hem.
It echoes the shape of a capital A.
 Empire Line:
The style has Neo-classical
inspirations — as this was
Court of Gods and Goddesses.
The bodice is fitted under the
bustline, while the silhouette is
usually loosely fitted over the body.
 H-Line:
H-Line was one of the silhouettes
introduced by Christian Dior. This
silhouette was introduced in 1954 and, as
the letter ‘H’ implies, was straight with a
slight accent on the waist (the bar of the
‘H’).
It was popular for emphasising length in
the leg, making it a feminine shape, rather
than something square and boxy.
Y Line:

The inverted version of the A-line is the Y-line:

a narrow silhouette with accents on the shoulders, which
can vary from a striking wide collar to large shoulder pads.
The silhouette was first introduced by Christian Dior in
1954.
The silhouette originally consisted of a neckline with notched
lapel collar, a tight upper body part in a V-shape with a tight
dress or skirt. The silhouette looks like a Y for that reason. The
decade that the Y-line was mostly celebrated were the 80's,
yet these days this silhouette is making a definite come back,
examples of it are the biker jacket and the return of the
shoulder pads.
Mermaid Line :
Mermaid Line — as the name
suggests — is a slinky shaped gown
that starts with a form-fitting bodice
and a skirt silhouette that is
designed to resemble the waft of a
mermaid's ‘tail’.
The skirt may or may not be in the
same colour or texture as the top,
but fins, scales and underwater
wearability
are not essential part of the design.
 Sheath:
Sheath Line, or a sheath dress, is
designed to fit closely to the
body. Unlike other cocktail
dresses, it also stops at the knee
— or just below.
This style is demure, often
created in a block colour and
unadorned — the perfect
ingredients for a classic Little
Black Dress.
Shift:
A shift dress is a dress in which the cloth falls straight
from the shoulders and has darts around the bust.
It frequently features a high scoop or boat neck. Shift
dresses are often confused with the sheath dress, which
is form-fitting and shaped by tucks on the waist area.
Ensemble:
in fashion terms, ensemble is usually referred to an
outfit complete with accessories, jewellery etc.
The whole look is called an ensemble. 
 In vogue:

When something is said to be in vogue, it is

means it is currently in trend or in style. If you
keep up with fashion trends, you are likely to
know what’s in vogue for a particular season.
Fashion-forward
There are styles that are not currently in trend
but are so good that will become fashionable
pretty soon. Fashion-forward also refers to people
who have their fashion game right and know
what will become a trend in the near future.
Submitted By:

Tanu Shreya Singh

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