Fashion Influence — how style shapes, and is shaped by, the people who wear it
This is the letter-P index of the Fashion Products guide. Its fifteen P product guides are linked directly below, in the chip list at the top of this page, followed by the letter's introduction.
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Social media has helped many designers and fashion companies show off new products and brands. Does this mean that social media is the most important influence on fashion? Well, to be honest, social media is only one of many factors that has the capacity to influence what we wear. In regard to clothing, footwear, and accessories, consumers are influenced by many different factors. Fashion magazines, social media, red carpet dresses, movies, music videos and a wide assortment of other things influence our buying decisions and what we choose to wear on a particular day.
What are the most popular and influential clothing categories that affect the apparel industry and consumers? On this page you will find clothes, shoes, or fashionable accessories that begin with the letter "P".
Learn more about a few of the clothes categories that have an influence on our industry and consumers.
What have you decided to wear today?
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P is one of the fullest letters in this part of the guide, and its fifteen guides divide into clear families. The shirt family pairs two opposite ideas of pattern and polish: Plaid Shirts, built on the woven criss-cross of warp and weft bands that North America calls plaid and Scotland calls tartan, and Polo Shirts, the knitted pique shirt with collar and placket that travelled from polo fields and tennis courts into everyday dress. The peplum family is a matching pair — Peplum Dress and Peplum Tops — both built on the same flared overskirt at the waist descended from the Greek peplos, one as a full dress and one as a top.
Footwear runs from the specific to the general. Penny Loafers are a single named style, the slip-on with the diamond cutout in its strap that students once slipped a penny into. Pumps are a whole dress-shoe category, closed-back and low-cut in front with a moderate to high heel. Performance Footwear is broader still, an engineering category spanning running, training, basketball, hiking, cycling, tennis and golf shoes, each built around cushioning, support, traction and breathability for its sport.
The remaining guides cover protection and occasion. Parkas and Ponchos are two answers to weather — one an insulated, hooded cold-weather coat with Arctic roots, the other a single draped piece with a head opening. Packable Hats solve a travel problem, folding or rolling down and springing back into shape. Polarized Sunglasses filter glare for driving, boating, fishing and skiing. Pant Styles surveys the whole trouser wardrobe from jeans and chinos to joggers and dress pants, Panties classifies a single underwear category by coverage and rise, Prom Dresses covers the one-night formal dress and its lengths and styles, and Purse closes the letter with the small bag whose meaning changes between American and British English. Sixteen guides, each linked exactly once in the chip list at the top of this page, cover the letter in full.
Sixteen guides: Packable Hats, Pant Styles, Panties, Parkas, Pencil Skirts, Penny Loafers, Peplum Dress, Peplum Tops, Performance Footwear, Plaid Shirts, Polarized Sunglasses, Polo Shirts, Ponchos, Prom Dresses, Pumps and Purse, each linked in the chip list at the top of this page.
No. Social media helps designers and companies show new products and brands, but it is only one of many factors. Fashion magazines, social media, red carpet dresses, movies, music videos and many other things influence buying decisions.
Footwear leads with Penny Loafers, Performance Footwear and Pumps. Shirts follow with Plaid Shirts and Polo Shirts, then the peplum pair of Peplum Dress and Peplum Tops, cold-weather Parkas and Ponchos, and headwear, eyewear and carry goods in Packable Hats, Polarized Sunglasses and Purse.