Fashion Tags or Fashion Tagging : Fashion Terms by Apparel Search

A "tag" is like a keyword or category label. Tags help you find information, photos, videos, etc. which have something in common. Many social websites, blog websites, and other types of websites, allow you to assign tags to information that you upload. In summary, the tags help categorize the content that you have uploaded. If you are building your own website, you may be familiar with the term "keywords" rather then the term "tags". They are very similar. In fact, I can not really explain to you the difference between tags and keywords because I do not know the difference...

A "Fashion Tag" is a keyword or category utilized by fashion websites to categorize topics relevant to fashion, clothing, apparel, style, fabrics, etc. Fashion Tags in this context should not be confused with fashion tags (hangtags or price tickets) that are utilized by manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers to hang on garments (certainly, we can not use a tagging tool to create keywords on websites).

Here are some examples of Fashion Tags that are used on the Fashion Industry Network. These tags are used for the fashion blog section of the network.

The Fashion Industry Network also utilizes tags in the fashion photos section, fashion video section and fashion forum section to help members categories the comments that they have made or images uploaded.

Here are examples of what the tag website address would look like if you were to place them in your search browser.

http://www.fashionindustrynetwork.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=fashion

http://www.fashionindustrynetwork.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=fashion+colors

http://www.fashionindustrynetwork.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=apparel

http://www.fashionindustrynetwork.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=clothing

http://www.fashionindustrynetwork.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=fashion

http://www.fashionindustrynetwork.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=style

http://www.fashionindustrynetwork.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=stylist

http://www.fashionindustrynetwork.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=sexy

http://www.fashionindustrynetwork.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=fashion+industry

http://www.fashionindustrynetwork.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=models

http://www.fashionindustrynetwork.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=lingerie

http://www.fashionindustrynetwork.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=swimwear

http://www.fashionindustrynetwork.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=designers

If you have your own fashion blog and wish to link to information regarding fashion topics that pertain to your particular blog post, you are welcome to add tag links into your blog post from the Fashion Industry Network. Basically, you would change the word at the end of the address to match your needs. If you are using two keywords, use the "+" sign to separate the words.

For example, if your article or fashion blog post is regarding Polo, you may wish to use one of the following to create your links:

http://www.fashionindustrynetwork.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Polo

http://www.fashionindustrynetwork.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Ralph+Lauren

The Fashion Industry Network is not the only site to use tags (or fashion tags). You can see the popular sites below also use tags.

Some companies create what is called a Tag Cloud. Here is an example of what a tag cloud looks like:

Websites such as Flickr® allow users to add tags to photos. You can view flickr® tags if you are interested.

According to YouTube™ as of April 6, 2010, "Tags are keywords that describe videos. For example, a surfing video might be tagged with "surfing," "water," and "waves." Users who enjoy watching surfing videos can then search for any of those terms and the video associated with these tags will show up in their search results. Tags help you label videos you upload so that other people can find them more easily." (follow Apparel Search on Youtube)