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,
compared to a custom-sewn version of the same item.
 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 STABILI
TY.
 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 FABRI
C. FABRICS. A
TYPE OF
SYNTHETIC
STRETCH FABR
IC 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 PAIS
LEY 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 COT
TON 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, MEANIN
G 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"
MEANS THAT THE EDGE
DOES NOT REQUIRE
ADDITIONAL
FINISHING WORK,
SUCH AS HEM OR BIAS
TAPE, TO PREVENT
FRAYING
 CHANCHAL AWANA

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