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 “I”. The I terms are a working cross-section of the industry: production and business topics such as in-process quality control and inventory management, technology topics such as the Internet of Things and IoT fashion, a component topic in invisible zippers, a labeling standard in ISO care symbols, and style and culture topics such as Irish fashion, Italian fashion houses, imagewear and investment dressing.
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 "I".
The I letter leans toward the operational side of the business. In-process quality control and inventory management describe how factories and retailers keep production and stock under control; ISO care symbols and invisible zippers cover the labeling standards and components that finished garments depend on; and the two technology entries — Internet of Things fashion and IoT fashion terminology — cover connected clothing and the data it produces. Around those sit career guidance in interviewing for a career in fashion, consumer concepts such as imagewear and investment dressing, and the geographic entries for international, Irish and Italian fashion. 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 I section of the directory covers imagewear, inaugural fashion 2009, indoor soccer shoes, information about fashion, information about the fashion industry, in-process quality control, international fashion, Internet of Things fashion, interviewing for a career in fashion, inventory management, investment dressing, invisible zippers, IoT fashion terminology, Irish fashion, ISO care symbols and Italian fashion houses — each linked from the term list on this page.
Every I 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.