Fashion Polls: Research Clothing and Style by Poll

Fashion Polls : Research clothing and style by using a fashion poll

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A fashion poll is essentially a survey of the public or a sampling of public opinion to acquire information about a particular issue relevant to fashion or the fashion industry.   Polls can be taken either online or offline.

What is the most difficult aspect of starting a fashion company?

What is the most important aspect when selecting a clothing factory?

How would you describe the majority of buyers you have worked with? (this question is for sales people)

What is your favorite textile fiber for clothing?

Do you prefer natural fibers or man-made fibers better?

Should white be worn before Memorial Day?

Who is your favorite fashion designer or fashion brand?

What is your favorite type of swimwear?

Should school dress codes require uniforms?

How many pairs of shoes do you own?

What is your favorite fashion store?

Do you prefer shopping in a department store or fashion boutique?

Do you prefer to shop in a store or online for clothing?

Does country of origin of the clothing influence your buying decision?

When purchasing clothing does the brand matter?

Should wedding dresses always be white?

Are fashion industry employment services (employment agencies) beneficial to employers?

Are fashion industry employment services (employment agencies) beneficial to employees?

Should t-shirts ever cost more then one hundred dollars?

Do you have suggestions for other polls?  That question, is not one of our polls.  That is just a question...

What a Poll Can and Cannot Show

A poll of this kind is a snapshot of the people who chose to answer, not a census of all shoppers or all fashion businesses. That limits what the answers prove, but it does not make them useless. A lopsided result — most respondents saying brand matters when they buy clothing, or most preferring natural fibers — tells a retailer, a student or a new label where the sympathies of an engaged fashion audience lie, and which questions are worth a more rigorous study. The value is in the comparison across questions: the same audience that is relaxed about one tradition, such as wearing white before Memorial Day, may be firm about another, such as what a T-shirt should cost. Read together, the polls sketch the attitudes of people who care enough about clothing to answer questions about it.

Three Families of Questions

The business polls speak to people who make and sell clothing. Asking what is most difficult about starting a fashion company, or what matters most when selecting a factory, gathers the judgment of readers who have faced sourcing, production and selling decisions themselves. The product polls speak to wearers: fiber preference, shoe counts and swimwear choices are facts about wardrobes that surveys can surface quickly. The style polls speak to custom and taste — uniforms, wedding dress color, favorite stores and favorite designers — where there is no correct answer, only a distribution of opinion that changes as fashion changes. Keeping the three families distinct makes each result easier to use: a factory-selection answer guides a business decision, while a swimwear answer guides a buying or design decision.