Fashion Summaries A–I

The Apparel Search fashion summaries are short, plain-language guides to single fashion topics — a garment, a job, a school, a city, an event. Each summary explains what its topic is and points onward to the guides, directories and articles elsewhere on Apparel Search that cover the subject in more depth.

This page is the A–I part of the summary index: every summary whose topic begins with a letter from A to I, grouped by letter — 63 summaries in all, covering accessories, careers, colleges and design schools. The rest of the alphabet is indexed on the companion pages, and the section’s original Fashion Summary list pages present the summaries as one continuous list.

Jump to a letter: A  |  B  |  C  |  D  |  E  |  F  |  G  |  H  |  I  |  J  |  K  |  L  |  M  |  N  |  O  |  P  |  Q  |  R  |  S  |  T  |  U  |  V  |  W  |  X  |  Y  |  Z

A

• Fashion Accessories — What accessories are, the main types from jewelry and handbags to belts, scarves and watches, and how they complete an outfit.
• Fashion Advice — Six durable rules for dressing well — spend within your means, dress comfortably, own the basics, and trust your own judgement.
• Fashion Anchor — The adhesive collar accessory created by Jon Yeazel in 2012 that keeps dress shirt collars flat without plastic, metal or magnetic stays.
• Fashion Angels — The Milwaukee company founded in 1996 making craft kits, sketch portfolios and accessories for tween girls — and the other meaning, Victoria's Secret Angels.
• Fashion Apps — What a fashion app is, the main kinds for Android and iPhone, and how shopping, styling and design apps differ.
• Fashion Art — Is fashion art? Museum exhibitions from Jean Paul Gaultier to the Met's Heavenly Bodies, fashion illustration, and art made about fashion.
• Fashion Articles — The two meanings of the word — articles of clothing and written fashion articles — and where to read fashion journalism online.
• Fashion Assistant Jobs — What fashion assistants do — design, production, styling and buying assistance — and why the role is the industry's standard entry point.
• Fashion Assistant Jobs in NYC — Why New York has so many assistant roles, what the jobs involve, where salaries can be checked, and how to search precisely.
• Fashion Avenue NYC — The stretch of Seventh Avenue through the Garment District that has carried the Fashion Avenue name on its street signs since 1972.

B

• Fashion Backpacks — How fashion backpacks differ from basic packs, the meanings of backpack, knapsack and rucksack, and the main styles from mini to laptop bags.
• Fashion Blog — What fashion blogs cover, how bloggers earn influence and campaigns, niche and street-style blogs, and how to start and choose blogs to follow.
• Fashion Brands — What a brand is, name brands versus private label, how brands segment by price and category, brand extension, and 'hottest brand' rankings.
• Fashion Bug — The women's clothing chain owned by Charming Shoppes that closed in 2012–2013, its sister brand Catherines, and the older slang meaning of the term.
• Fashion Business Management — The degree and discipline covering buying, marketing, retail management and supply chains — including FIT's flagship programme.

C

• Fashion Calendar — How the industry's year is organised — fashion weeks, trade shows, market weeks, sample sales and trunk shows — and the main calendar resources.
• Fashion Capital of the World — What makes a city a fashion capital, the Big Four — Paris, Milan, London, New York — and why no single city wins unanimously.
• Fashion Careers — What a fashion career is, the range of roles beyond design — pattern making, retailing, merchandising, wholesale — and how employment in fashion works.
• Fashion Careers by Company Name — Choosing who to work for — how to judge fashion companies, why company health matters, and published best-employer research.
• Fashion Careers in NYC — Why New York offers the deepest fashion job market, career management and commuting trade-offs, and where NYC fashion jobs are listed.
• Fashion Clothes — The difference between clothes and fashion — clothing as a necessity, fashion as the stylish form of it — and when basics beat trends.
• Fashion College — Colleges versus universities, the well-known fashion schools, the skills a fashion degree teaches, online options and master's study.
• Fashion Consultants — What fashion, image and wardrobe consultants do, who hires them, consultant jobs, and consulting for fashion companies beyond styling.

D

• Fashion Design Schools — What design schools teach — trends, construction, fabrics and CAD — noted schools, high-school courses, and continuing learning for designers.
• Fashion Designer Games — Games built around a designer's tasks — sketching, styling, fabric choice — including the fashion logo game, apps and dress-up formats.
• Fashion Designer Salary — PayScale figures by experience — entry level to chief designer — the factors that move designer pay, and typical designer tasks.
• Fashion District NYC — The Garment District in Manhattan — its boundaries, its fabric and trim resources, pattern services, and the Garment District NYC alliance.
• Fashion Documentaries — Essential fashion documentary films — McQueen, Dior and I, Valentino: The Last Emperor and more — and where fashion film fits the industry.
• Fashion Drawing — Drawing and illustration as the designer's language — instruments, digital drawing, fashion illustrators, and technical drawing.
• Fashion Dresses — Fashion dresses versus basic dresses, the little black dress, seasonal buying, and the difference between a dress and a gown.

E

• Fashion Earrings — Fashion earrings are stylish jewelry worn on the ear lobe or edge, with guidance on choosing trendy stud, hoop and dangle pairs.
• Fashion Editor Jobs — What fashion editors do, their responsibilities creating and styling magazine content, and how and where to find editor jobs.
• Fashion Editorial — Defines a fashion editorial as opinion material for publication on clothing and style, and explains editorial images and pages.
• Fashion Effect — How fashion produces effects, with designers, consumers, media and socioeconomics driving trends, compared to the butterfly effect.
• Fashion Events NYC — Fashion events in New York City, including fashion shows and New York Fashion Week, with links to calendars and event planners.
• Fashion Exhibits NYC — Fashion exhibitions in New York City, what exhibitions and trade fairs are, and popular venues such as the Javits Center.
• Fashion Eyeglasses — Eyeglasses as framed lenses worn before the eyes, covering trendy fashion versions, their invention history and how they were made.
• Fashion Eyewear — Eyewear worn on or over the eyes such as glasses and sunglasses, covering fashion trends, frame styles and eyewear technology.

F

• Fashion Fair — What a fashion fair is, plus the Fashion Fair mall in Fresno, California and the Fashion Fair cosmetics line founded in 1973.
• Fashion Festivals — Festivals where what people wear matters, listing US and international events like Coachella, Burning Man, Lollapalooza and Woodstock.
• Fashion File — The fashion file idea — keeping fashion information, images and reference material organized in one place.
• Fashion Forms — Dress forms and display forms — the body forms used to fit, drape, sew and present clothing.

G

• Fashion Games — Online fashion games — dress-up, styling and design games and what players do in them.
• Fashion Geek — Geek fashion and geek chic — how glasses, fandom and nerdy staples became a recognized style.
• Fashion Glasses — Glasses as a fashion accessory — frame styles, materials and choosing eyewear that suits the wearer.
• Fashion GPS — GPS and location technology in fashion — tracking tech in clothing, accessories and shopping.

H

• Fashion Hashtags — Fashion hashtags on social media — how tags group fashion posts, and the popular tags brands and bloggers use.
• Fashion Hats — Hats in fashion — the main hat styles and materials, and how hats are chosen and worn.
• Fashion Headbands — Headbands as a fashion accessory — styles, materials and how they are worn.
• Fashion High School — Fashion in high school — student style, dress codes and the trends popular with school students.
• Fashion Hiking Boots — Hiking boots in fashion — rugged boots worn as a style item, their types and how they are styled.
• Fashion History — A short history of fashion — how clothing and styles developed and changed over time.
• Fashion Houses — Fashion houses — what the term means and the great design houses of the fashion industry.

I

• Fashion Icons — Fashion icons — the people whose personal style influenced fashion, and what makes a style icon.
• Fashion Ideas — Fashion ideas — where outfit and style ideas come from for everyday dressing.
• Fashion Illustration — Fashion illustration — drawing fashion figures and garments, and the illustrator's role in fashion.
• Fashion Industries — The fashion industries — the sectors that make up the fashion business, from textiles and manufacturing to retail.
• Fashion Industry Technology — Technology in the fashion industry — the software, machinery and digital tools the trade works with.
• Fashion Institute of Technology — Public SUNY college in Manhattan founded in 1944, focused on art, business, design, communication and technology for fashion.
• Fashion Institute of Technology Majors — Majors at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York — the degree programs FIT offers in fashion and related fields.
• Fashion Institute of Technology Museum — The Museum at FIT — its fashion collections and exhibitions, and its role in fashion education.
• Fashion Internships — Explains fashion internships as work experience for students, paid versus unpaid, and how to find and apply for placements.
• Fashion Internships NYC — Covers fashion internships in New York City, what interns do, and resources to find placements at brands, boutiques and wholesalers.