Fashion Terms — the Apparel Search fashion terminology directory
An app is a type of software that allows you to perform specific tasks; open it and it runs inside the operating system until you close it. A desktop application runs stand-alone on a desktop or laptop computer, in contrast to a web-based application, which needs a browser, and a mobile app, which runs on smartphones and tablets. A fashion desktop app is a desktop application relevant to clothing, footwear or fashion accessories.
What is an application?
We are not talking about an application to find a job in the fashion. You may have heard people talking about using an application or an app. But what exactly does that mean? An app is a type of software that allows you to perform specific tasks. When you open an application, it runs inside the operating system until you close it.
What is a desktop app?
A desktop application is an application that runs stand alone in a desktop or laptop computer. Contrast with "Web-based application," which requires the Web browser to run. The term may also be used to contrast desktop applications with mobile applications that run in smartphones and tablets. Applications for desktop or laptop computers are sometimes called desktop applications, and those for mobile devices are called mobile apps. Users of technology often reference apps as either “desktop apps” or “mobile apps” to distinguish which type of device is appropriate for the specific application.
What are fashion desktop apps?
A fashion desktop application is an app that is designed for the desktop that is relevant to clothing, footwear, or fashion accessories.
There are countless desktop applications out there, and they fall into many different categories. Some are more full-featured (like Microsoft Word), while others may only do one or two things (like gadgets). Unfortunately, we don’t think that there are enough dedicated directly to shoes, clothing and accessories.
The days of declaring "I don't have a thing to wear" can virtually be over. Wouldn’t it be great to have a desktop application that helps users find an outfit for any occasion by starting within their own closets. Shouldn’t there be a desktop app for this?
If you know of any fantastic apps run on desktop computing, please let us know for possible inclusion on this page.
Helpful links:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/category/collection/for_your_desktop
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/search#q=desktop%20apps&s=Store
Learn more about fashion apps here in the terms section here on Apparel Search. Y
ou may also have interest in viewing the fashion industry apps site for additional resources.
Thank you for using the Apparel Search website.
The three words describe where the software lives. A desktop app is installed on the computer and runs in its operating system; a web-based application runs inside a browser, so nothing is installed but an internet connection and a browser do the work; a mobile app is built for the smaller screens and touch controls of phones and tablets. Fashion businesses use all three: design and pattern tools have traditionally been desktop software, store and inventory systems are often web-based, and consumer shopping and styling tools are usually mobile apps.
The wardrobe example given on this page is the classic wish: an application that helps a user find an outfit for any occasion starting from their own closet, so that “I don't have a thing to wear” stops being true. The same desktop logic serves the trade side of the industry — cataloguing samples, planning outfits and assortments, and organizing product images are all tasks a full-sized screen and keyboard handle well, which is why this directory keeps a term for desktop fashion apps alongside its entry on fashion apps in general.
Software that runs stand-alone in a desktop or laptop computer. The term contrasts desktop applications both with web-based applications, which require a web browser to run, and with mobile apps for smartphones and tablets.
A desktop application designed for the desktop that is relevant to clothing, footwear or fashion accessories. Desktop applications range from full-featured programs to small single-purpose gadgets.
The fashion apps entry in this directory, linked from this page, covers fashion applications more broadly, and the page also points to desktop app collections in the Chrome Web Store and the Windows store.