Fashion Terms — the Apparel Search fashion terminology directory
Fashion industry terminology for your further review: this second S page continues the letter S directory beyond the first page, running from spaghetti straps, specialty stores and the spencer jacket through sports apparel, steampunk fashion, stirrup pants, store returns, streetwear and style, and on to suitings, summer fashion, super Saturday sales, supply chain speed, swag, swift tacks and synthetic fibers. Each term links to its own page in the Apparel Search fashion terminology directory, and the first S page covers sample sales through sock sizes.
Fashion industry terminology for your further review.
This second S page continues the letter S list, running from spaghetti straps and specialty stores through streetwear, suitings, summer fashion, supply chain speed, swag, swift tacks and synthetic fibers. Use the Fashion Terms by Letter navigation below to reach the other letter directories.
The second S page mixes garment terms, retail terms and season terms. The garment group starts with spaghetti straps — the very thin shoulder straps on camisoles, swimwear and evening dresses — and includes the spencer jacket, stirrup pants, suitings and synthetic fibers, the manufactured fiber family that much of modern clothing is made from. The style group covers steampunk fashion, street inspired fashion and graffiti art, streetwear, and the paired terms style and stylish, plus the street fashion bloggers who document looks outside the runway shows.
The retail group is just as large. Specialty stores focus on a narrow product category, and specialty chain stores run that same focused format across many locations under one brand. Store returns covers what happens when purchases come back, super Saturday sales names the last Saturday before Christmas as a major shopping day, and supply chain speed examines how quickly product moves from production to the selling floor. Swag covers promotional items, and swift tacks are a production fastening term.
The season and sport terms round out the page: spring fashion and summer fashion describe the two warm-weather seasons of the fashion calendar, sports apparel covers clothing made for athletic activity, and sports memorabilia covers collectible items tied to teams and athletes. Read together with the first S page, the two lists give the full letter S of the directory — from the samples a designer sells off at a sample sale to the synthetic fibers in the finished garment.
The second page lists spaghetti straps, specialty chain stores, specialty stores, the spencer jacket, sports apparel, sports memorabilia, spring fashion, steampunk fashion, stirrup pants, store returns, street fashion bloggers, street inspired fashion, streetwear, style, stylish, suitings, summer fashion, super Saturday sales, supply chain speed, swag, swift tacks and synthetic fibers.
The letter S has more fashion terms than fit comfortably on one directory page, so the list is split: the first S page runs from sample sales to sock sizes, and this page continues the alphabet from spaghetti straps to synthetic fibers. Both pages link to each other.
Use the Fashion Terms by Letter navigation below: every letter directory from A to Z is linked there, along with the Fashion Terms A–M and N–Z directory pages.