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 “G”. The G terms run from production topics such as garment construction, grading and greige goods to product topics such as garment hangers, garment labeling and gussets, and from style topics such as glam, goth and grunge to supply-chain topics such as the GTIN bar code system.
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 "G".
The G letter is heavy on the making side of the business. Garment construction, grading and greige goods describe how clothing is patterned, sized and woven before it is finished; garment labeling, garment hangers and the GTIN system describe how finished clothing is identified, displayed and tracked; and garmento is the industry's own slang for the people who do the work. Alongside the production terms sit style entries — glam, goth, Gothic Lolita and grunge — and consumer topics such as generations of fashion and going green. 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 G section of the directory covers garmento, garment construction, garment hangers, garment labeling, garments, generations of fashion, glam fashion, going green, goth fashion, Gothic Lolita, grading clothing, granny panties, greige goods, grunge fashion, the GTIN and G10 bar code labels, and gussets — each linked from the term list on this page.
Every G 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.