Fashion Terms — the Apparel Search fashion terminology directory
This section contains concepts and terms that are of interest to members of the apparel industry, fashion industry or textile industry. The goal of this area is to provide information formatted around key topics of interest to the industry in which we work, as well as to the ultimate consumer of fashion products. On this page, you will find areas of interest that begin with the letter “D”. The D terms run from luxury and retail topics such as defining luxury, department stores and diffusion lines to production and selling topics such as direct to garment printing, down insulation, dress for success and drop shipping.
This section contains concepts and terms that we feel are of interest to members of the apparel industry, fashion industry or textile industry.
The goal of this area is to provide you with information that is formatted around key topics of interest to the industry in which we work as well as ultimate consumer of fashion products.
On this page, you will find areas of interest that begin with the letter "D".
The D letter mixes the business side of fashion with the making side. Defining luxury and diffusion lines are about how designer names are priced and positioned; department stores and drop shipping are about the channels that move clothing to shoppers; direct to garment printing and down are about how garments are decorated and insulated; desktop fashion apps, DIY fashion and dress for success cover the tools, the home maker and the wearer. Each entry stands on its own page so a reader who lands on one term can follow the directory list above to its neighbors.
The D section of the directory covers defining luxury, department stores, desktop fashion apps, diffusion lines, direct to garment printing, DIY fashion, down, dress for success and drop shipping — each linked from the term list on this page, which also links onward to the clothing donations entry in the C section, exactly as the D directory has always listed it.
Every D term has its own page with a definition and explanation written for the apparel, fashion and textile industries. The list on this page links to each of them, and the Fashion Terms Directory links onward to the other letter directories.
The terms are written for members of the apparel, fashion and textile industries and for consumers of fashion products who want a plain explanation of an industry concept.