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 “E”. The E terms run from sustainability topics such as eco-friendly packaging, ESG and ethical fashion to technology topics such as electronic paper and EPC labels, garment topics such as embellishments and the empire silhouette, and trade topics such as ETD and ETA ship dates.
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 "E".
The E letter leans toward the responsible and technical side of the industry. Eco-friendly packaging, ESG and ethical fashion are about how clothing is made, packed and accounted for; electronic paper and EPC labels are about the technology that displays prices and tracks individual garments through the supply chain; embellishments and the empire silhouette are about how garments look; and ETD and ETA dates are about when shipments leave and arrive. 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 E section of the directory covers eco-friendly apparel packaging, the economics of the fashion industry, electronic paper and e-ink, embellishments, emerging fashion designers, the empire silhouette, EPC labels, eponymous labels, ESG in the fashion industry, ETD and ETA ship dates, ethical fashion, the Europe fashion trend trap and keeping an eye on fashion — each linked from the term list on this page.
Every E 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.