TOPIC

INTRODUCTION TO FASHION
AND GLOBAL TEXTILE
 ASSIGNMENT NO:1

• WHAT IS FASHION ?
Fashion is a popular aesthetic expression in a certain time
and context, especially in clothing, footwear, lifestyle, accessories, makeup,
hairstyle and body proportions.[1] Whereas, a trend often connotes a very
specific aesthetic expression, and often lasting shorter than a season,
fashion is a distinctive and industry-supported expression traditionally tied to
the fashion season and collections.[2] Style is an expression that lasts over
many seasons, and is often connected to cultural movements and social
markers, symbols, class and culture (ex. Baroque, Rococo, etc). According to
sociologist Pierre Bourdieu, fashion connotes “the latest fashion, the latest
difference.
 ASSIGNMENT NO:2

NOTE OF CHARLES FREDERICK WORTH –

Charles
Frederick Worth was an English fashion designer
who founded the House of Worth, one of the
foremost fashion houses of the 19th and early
20th centuries. He is considered by many fashion
historians to be the father of haute couture.
Worth is also credited with revolutionizing the
business of fashion.
 ASSIGNMENT
NO:3

• TYPES OF FASHION :
1. HAUTE COUTURE
2. PRET-E-PORTER
3. MASS MARKET
 HAUTE COUTURE

• Haute couture French for "high sewing" or "high dressmaking"

or "high fashion") is the creation of exclusive custom-fitted
clothing. Haute couture is high-end fashion that is
constructed by hand from start to finish, made from high-
quality, expensive, often unusual fabric and sewn with
extreme attention to detail and finished by the most
experienced and capable sewers—often using time-consuming,
hand-executed techniques. Couture translates literally from
French as "dressmaking" but may also refer to fashion,
sewing, or needlework and is also used as a common
abbreviation of haute couture and refers to the same thing in
spirit. Haute translates literally to "high". A haute couture
garment is always made for an individual client, tailored
specifically for the wearer's measurements and body stance.
 PRET-E-PORTER

• Ready-to-wear or PRET-E-PORTER is the term for

factory-made clothing, sold in finished condition in
standardized sizes, as distinct from made to measure
or bespoke clothing tailored to a particular person's
frame. Off-the-peg is sometimes used for items other
than clothing such as handbags.

• Ready-to-wear has a rather different place in the

spheres of fashion and classic clothing. In the fashion
industry, designers produce ready-to-wear clothing,
intended to be worn without significant alteration
because clothing made to standard sizes fits most
people. They use standard patterns, factory equipment,
and faster construction techniques to keep costs low,
 MASS MARKET

• The term "mass market" refers to a

market for goods produced on a large
scale for a significant number of end
consumers. The mass market differs
from the niche market in that the
former focuses on consumers with a
wide variety of backgrounds with no
identifiable preferences and
expectations in a large market segment.
Traditionally, businesses reach out to
the mass market with advertising
messages through a variety of media
including radio, TV, newspapers and the
Web.
 AREA OF FASHION
AREAS BRIEF MARKET
WOMENS DAY WEAR COMFORTABLE, FASHIONABLE HAUTE COUTURE, PRET-E-PORTER,MASS MARKET

WOMENS EVENING WEAR STANDARDIZED, FASHIONABLE HAUTE COUTURE, PRET-E-PORTER,MASS MARKET

WOMENS LINGERIE ALLURING, FASHIONABLE AND COMFORTABLE HAUTE COUTURE, PRET-E-PORTER,MASS MARKET

MENS DAY WEAR COMFORTABLE, FASHIONABLE HAUTE COUTURE, PRET-E-PORTER

MENS EVENING WEAR ELEGANT, FASHIONABLE HAUTE COUTURE, PRET-E-PORTER

KIDS WEAR COMFORTABLE PRET-E-PORTER,MASS MARKET

TEENAGE GIRLS WEAR COMFORTABLE, FASHIONABLE AND COLOURFUL PRET-E-PORTER,MASS MARKET

CASUAL WEAR FORMAL, SEMI-FORMAL, FASHIONABLE HAUTE COUTURE, PRET-E-PORTER

TEENAGE BOYS WEAR COMFORTABLE AND FASHIONABLE

SPORTS WEAR COMFORTABLE PRET-E-PORTER

KNITWEAR COMFORTABLE HAUTE COUTURE

ASSIGNMENT - 5
BE SPOKE Custom or customised piece of
clothes
 Range of garments which a
COLLECTION designer creates for a specific
season or lable
 Presentation showing a
COLOR range of colors for a
CARD collection
 American term for color
COLOR COMBO
combination

Comic Sans MS
 Selected range of colors,
COLOR perhaps focussed on specific
PALLETE season or range of goods
 Drawing of garments as a laid
FLATS flat, clearly showing all seams
design and construction details
but without the visual
complication of fabric pattern,
color and styling.
LOOK
BOOK A book , booklet, pamphlet, are
such that presence images of
seasonal range or collection
usually given to customers as
promotional reason.
 MOOD
BOARD

A small collection of
images that evoked the
mood of season trends,
product, collection
without showing the
actual product itself.
 SWATCH

Colors swatch, design swatch,

sample swatch, text swatch. A
sample of fabric , embellishment or
such used for referencing color,
fabrication, techniques,
compatibility or embellishment etc.
 STRIKE OFF

Small swatch of fabric

printed by the factory
for color and pattern
quality approval before
the final seal is placed on
the order.
TECH – PACK/SPEC

A Tech-pack is what is send to

a factory to instruct them to
make a sample. It include a
specs, which is a flat drawing
with measurements, details or
swatch of fabrics or materials,
color refrences, yarns, etc.
 A part of designer role to
TREND
anticipate coming moods
FORECAST and direction in firmed by
research and awareness.
For a few people this is a
career in its own right.
Professional in this field
called cool hunters
 BIAS

To cut fabric crosswise to the grain of the

clothes.
BIAS BINDING

A narrow tape cut from

cloth and 45 angle. It is
used for binding seams
and sometimes
appropriate finish of hems
and tricky curved edge.
 FIBERS

FIBERS
 1.FLOAT
A FLOAT STITCH OR WELT STITCH IS COMPOSED OF A HELD LOOP, ONE OR
MORE FLOAT LOOPS AND KNITTED LOOPS. ... FLOAT STITCH FABRICS ARE
NARROWER THAN EQUIVALENT ALL-KNIT FABRICS BECAUSE THE WALES
ARE DRAWN CLOSER TOGETHER BY THE FLOATS, THUS REDUCING WIDTH-
WISE ELASTICITY AND IMPROVING FABRIC STABILITY.
 2} FUR
A FABRIC USUA
LLY WOVEN OR
KNITTED FROM
RAYON, WOOL,
OR COTTON
AND MADE
WITH A PILE
THAT IS DYED
AND FINISHED
TO RESEMBLE
AN
ANIMAL'S FUR.
 3} GINGHAM
GINGHAM IS A MEDIUM-
WEIGHT BALANCED PLAIN-
WOVEN FABRIC MADE FROM
DYED COTTON OR COTTON-
BLEND YARN. IT IS MADE OF
CARDED, MEDIUM OR FINE
YARNS, WHERE THE COLOURING
IS ON THE WARP YARNS AND
ALWAYS ALONG THE GRAIN
(WEFT).
 4} IKAT
A FINE WHITE LINEN OR
COTTON FABRIC. FABRICS. A TYPE OF
SYNTHETIC STRETCH FABRIC MADE
FROM POLYURETHANE FIBRE.
 5} FLANNEL
FLANNEL IS A SOFT WOVEN FABRIC, OF VARIOUS FINENESS. FLANNEL WAS
ORIGINALLY MADE FROM CARDED WOOL OR WORSTED YARN, BUT IS NOW
OFTEN MADE FROM EITHER WOOL, COTTON, OR SYNTHETIC
FIBER. ... FLANNEL IS COMMONLY USED TO MAKE TARTAN CLOTHING,
BLANKETS, BED SHEETS, AND SLEEPWEAR.
 6} JERSEY
JERSEY FABRIC IS A TYPE OF KNIT TEXTILE MADE FROM COTTON OR
A COTTON AND SYNTHETIC BLEND. SOME COMMON USES
FOR JERSEY FABRIC INCLUDE T-SHIRTS. THE FABRIC IS WARM,
FLEXIBLE, STRETCHY, AND VERY INSULATING, MAKING IT A POPULAR
CHOICE FOR THE LAYER WORN CLOSEST TO THE BODY.
 7} LUREX
LUREX IS THE REGISTERED TRADEMARK NAME FOR A TYPE OF YARN WITH A METALLIC APPEARANCE. THE YARN IS MADE FROM SYNTHETIC FILM. LUREX MANUFACTURE. 
LUREX FIBRES ARE BASICALLY METALLIC FIBRES COVERED WITH POLYESTER FILM. THIS STOPS THE METAL FROM TARNISHING AND STAINING THE FABRIC THAT IT IS INCORPORATED IN.
 8} JAC QUARD
JACQUARD FABRIC IS A TYPE OF CLOTH FEATURING AN
INTRICATE PATTERN WOVEN INTO THE WARP ON A
SPECIAL MECHANICAL LOOM, RATHER THAN PRINTED ON
THE SURFACE. IT WAS A FRENCH WEAVER JOSEPH-
MARIE JACQUARD WHO INVENTED THIS TECHNOLOGY IN
1804, SO THE JACQUARD FABRIC WAS NAMED AFTER HIM.
INVENTOR: JOSEPH MARIE JACQUARD
 9} OXFORD
OXFORD CLOTH IS A VERY POPULAR SHIRTING FABRIC, PARTICULARLY FOR
MORE CASUAL OR SPORTY STYLES OF DRESS SHIRTS. IT'S A BIT THICKER
THAN WHAT WE'D CONSIDER “FINE” DRESS SHIRT FABRICS, AND HAS A
HEARTY FEEL THAT IS BOTH DURABLE AND NATURALLY RESISTANT TO
WRINKLES. OXFORD CLOTHS CAN BE FOUND IN A VARIETY OF QUALITIES.
10} PAISLEY
PAISLEY OR PAISLEY PATTERN IS AN
ORNAMENTAL TEXTILE DESIGN USING
THE BOTEH (PERSIAN: ‫ ) بته‬OR BUTA, A
TEARDROP-SHAPED MOTIF WITH A
CURVED UPPER END.
 11} PINSTRIPE
PINSTRIPE - A VERY THIN STRIPE (ESPECIALLY A WHITE STRIPE ON A DARK FABRIC) STRIPE, BANDING, BAND - AN ADORNMENT CONSISTING OF A STRIP OF A CONTRASTING COLOR OR MATERIAL.
 12} MADRAS
MADRAS IS A LIGHTWEIGHT COTTON FABRIC WITH
TYPICALLY PATTERNED TEXTURE AND PLAID
DESIGN, USED PRIMARILY FOR SUMMER CLOTHING
SUCH AS PANTS, SHORTS, DRESSES, AND JACKETS.
 13} POPLIN
POPLIN, ALSO CALLED TABINET (OR TABBINET), IS A FINE BUT THICK WOOL,
COTTON OR SILK FABRIC WITH A HORIZONTAL WARP AND A VERTICAL WEFT
MADE WITH TWICE THE YARNS. ... THE RIBS RUN ACROSS THE FABRIC FROM
SELVEDGE TO SELVEDGE. POPLIN IS NOW MADE WITH WOOL, COTTON, SILK,
RAYON, POLYESTER OR A MIXTURE OF THESE.
 14}QUILTING
QUILTING IS THE PROCESS OF SEWING TWO OR MORE LAYERS OF FABRICTOGETHER TO
MAKE A THICKER PADDED MATERIAL, USUALLY TO CREATE AQUILT OR QUILTED GARMENT.
TYPICALLY, QUILTING IS DONE WITH THREE LAYERS: THE TOP FABRIC OR QUILT TOP,
BATTING OR INSULATING MATERIAL AND BACKING MATERIAL, BUT MANY DIFFERENT
STYLES ARE ADOPTED.
15} SEERSUCKER
SEERSUCKER OR RAILROAD STRIPE IS A THIN, PUCKERED, ALL-
COTTON FABRIC, COMMONLY STRIPED OR CHEQUERED, USED TO MAKE
CLOTHING FOR SPRING AND SUMMER WEAR. ... SEERSUCKER IS WOVEN IN
SUCH A WAY THAT SOME THREADS BUNCH TOGETHER, GIVING
THE FABRIC A WRINKLED APPEARANCE IN PLACES.
16} MERCERIZED
MERCERIZATION IS A PROCESS APPLIED TO CELLULOSIC FIBERS – TYPICALLY
COTTON (OR COTTON-COVERED THREAD WITH A POLYESTER CORE) BUT HEMP AND
LINEN CAN BE MERCERIZED ALSO – TO INCREASE LUSTER. IT IS DONE AFTER
WEAVING (IN THE CASE OF FABRICS) OR SPINNING (FOR YARNS OR THREADS).
17} SATIN
SATIN IS A WEAVE THAT TYPICALLY HAS A GLOSSY SURFACE AND A
DULL BACK, ONE OF THREE FUNDAMENTAL TYPES OF TEXTILE WEAVES
ALONG WITH PLAIN WEAVE AND TWILL. ... IF THE YARNS USED ARE
SHORT-STAPLE YARNS SUCH AS COTTON, THE FABRIC FORMED IS
CONSIDERED A SATEEN.
18} SATEEN
SATEEN SHEETS ARE 100 PERCENT COTTON SHEETS WITH A HIGH THREAD COUNT AND A LUSTROUS SHEEN. THEY ARE WOVEN FROM COMBED, CARDED, OR LONG-FIBER COTTON THREADS
THAT ARE THEN MERCERIZED, MEANING THEY'RE SOAKED IN LYE AND THEN IN ACID.
19} LOFTY
ELEVATED IN STYLE, TONE, OR SENTIMENT, AS WRITINGS OR SPEECH. ARROGANTLY OR CONDESCENDINGLY SUPERIOR IN MANNER; HAUGHTY: TO TREAT SOMEONE IN A LOFTY MANNER. NAUTICAL. NOTING A RIG OF A SAILING SHIP
HAVING EXTRAORDINARILY HIGH MASTS. (OF FABRIC OR YARN) THICK AND RESILIENT.
20} SELVEDGE
A SELVAGE OR SELVEDGE IS A "SELF-FINISHED" EDGE OF FABRIC, KEEPING IT FROM UNRAVELING AND FRAYING. THE TERM "SELF-FINISHED" M EANS THAT THE EDGE DOES NOT REQUIRE ADDITIONAL FINISHING WORK, SUCH AS HEM OR BIAS TAPE, TO PREVENT FRAYING
 CHANCHAL AWANA

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