Fashion Influence — how style shapes, and is shaped by, the people who wear it
This is the letter-V index of the Fashion Products guide. Its V product guides are linked directly below, in the chip list at the top of this page: Vests, Vintage Clothing, Vintage Jeans and Visors.
Fashion Products V
The following clothing categories have an influence on the overall fashion market. In this section you will find clothes, shoes, or fashion accessories that start with the letter "V". Discover the most influential apparel. There are many reasons why we buy one item of clothing and not another. Explore the following categories of clothing.
You don’t have to be involved in the fashion industry to know that it’s very
fast paced and constantly changing. Each season fashion designers and
stylists have re-invent the wheel in many respects. Some classic items
remain unchanged, but many consumers enjoy seeing something "new" in stores.
The challenge is for designers to figure out what will be important to
consumers. Part of the process is to figure out what influences buying
decisions.
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V is a short letter with a long memory. Two of its four guides are about clothing from earlier eras: Vintage Clothing, the general guide to garments that were actually made in a previous era, and Vintage Jeans, the denim branch of the same subject, where worn fabric, stitching details and old brand labels turn used pants into collectibles. Read together, the two guides draw the lines that organize the whole secondhand market: clothing made before the 1920s counts as antique, clothing from the 1920s up to about twenty years before the present counts as vintage, and newly made clothing that imitates an older style is retro or reproduction, not vintage at all.
The letter's other two guides are single garments. Vests are the sleeveless layer, a family that runs from the waistcoat of a three-piece suit through sweater vests and puffer vests to denim, motorcycle and fishing vests, each built for a different job. Visors are the open-crowned branch of headwear, a stiff brim on a strap that shades the eyes and face while leaving the top of the head uncovered, which is why tennis players and golfers reach for them in the sun.
The four guides also show the range of this section. The vest guide is a catalogue of types and occasions, formal to outdoor. The visor guide is a short, practical definition with buying notes. The two vintage guides are essays, covering sizing changes across the decades, where vintage clothing is sold, and why a pair of jeans with a capital E on its red tab can be worth more than a new pair. Every guide named here is linked in the chip list above, and the neighboring letters of the Fashion Products guide are reached through the Fashion Products index.
Vests, Vintage Clothing, Vintage Jeans and Visors, each linked in the chip list at the top of this page.
Vintage Clothing is the general guide to garments from a previous era, including how vintage differs from retro and antique clothing. Vintage Jeans is the focused guide to vintage denim, its collectible value and the classic brands such as Levi's, Lee and Wrangler.
The fashion industry is fast paced and constantly changing. Each season designers and stylists reinvent much of what is in stores, while some classic items remain unchanged, and part of the designer's work is figuring out what will influence consumers' buying decisions.