Fashion Terms — the Apparel Search fashion terminology directory
This is the third page of the fashion terms that start with the letter “F”. It completes the F list for this group of terms, from fashion databases and design studios through forecasting, fashion forward and fashion games to the fashion services that keep the industry moving.
Fashion terminology is a broad term that encompasses a large variety of terms used to describe the fashion industry, fashion trends, and clothing items. Generally speaking, fashion terminology is used to describe the elements of a garment, such as colors, texture, fabric, and silhouette, as well as the overall trends and styles in fashion. It is also used to describe the cultural and social aspects of fashion, such as cultural influences, lifestyle, and gender roles. Additionally, fashion terminology can describe the various techniques used to create a garment, such as embroidery, printing, and tailoring. Finally, fashion terminology is also used to describe the various accessories and jewelry that accompany a garment, such as hats, belts, and shoes.
The terms on this page are the working vocabulary of the industry: the databases professionals search, the studios where collections are designed, the forecasting that decides what will sell, and the services — from photography to logistics — that keep fashion moving. Alongside them sit the lighter entries, disasters, divas and games, because fashion terminology covers the culture of fashion as well as its commerce. Together with the first two F directory pages, this page links every F term in this group exactly once.
The F letter continues beyond this group: later F directory items in this section cover the remaining fashion terms, from fashion history and fashion houses through the fit, fabric and footwear vocabulary at the end of the letter. The Fashion Terms Directory, linked from the navigation on every page here, is the master index that ties all of the letter directories together, and the Fashion Terms by Category pages regroup the same vocabulary by subject for readers who think in topics rather than alphabetically.
The third F page lists fashion databases, fashion design studios, fashion disasters, fashion discussion groups, fashion divas, fashion forecasting, fashion forward, fashion games and fashion services, each with its own term page.
Fashion terminology is a broad term that encompasses the variety of terms used to describe the fashion industry, fashion trends and clothing items — the elements of a garment such as colors, texture, fabric and silhouette, the overall trends and styles, the cultural and social aspects of fashion, and the techniques used to create a garment.
The F terms begin on the first F directory page with fabric testing methods and fabric utilization, and continue on the second page with boutiques, business, colors and copyrights.