. Flashcards
The garment industry is sometimes called the ______
or the needle trades
Rag trade
What are magazines, newspapers, and books that deal specifically with a certain industry or trade?
Trade publications
Give on example of a trade association
CFDA, American Apparel and Footwear
Association, National Retail Fed, National
Know as the most exquisite fashions
Haute Couture
In Paris the designer
RTW industry is called
Pret a’ porter ( pret ah por-tay)
Unfinished fabrics
Greige Goods
Good that come into the country from foreign sources
Imports
Thin, hair like strands that are the basic unit in textiles.
Fibers
Firms or individuals merchants who buy or handle greige goods
Textile Converters
Continuous strands, usually multiple fibers, ready for knitting, weaving or other processina into cloth.
Yarns
The incoming money that is left over after all the outgoing costs have been deducted.
Profit
A collection of styles and designs that will be produced and sold as the firms selection for the given season.
Line
Buildings or complexes that house permanent showrooms and sales offices.
Apparel Marts
Manufactures having their goods produced overseas is known
as…
Off shore Production
Are trial garments or prototypes…
Samples
Indirect or, non-personal selling aimed at a general audience
Promotion
Free promotion
publicity
Route that goods and services take from the original source, to the middle people, to the ultimate user
Channel of distribution
Also known as
Apparel Retailing
Fashion Merchandising
Produced specifically by or for a retailer..
Private label
The founder of French Couture
Charles
Frederick Worth
Known for stylish, elegant, trend setting designs; has been called the King of Fashion…
Yves saint laurent
Design simple, senual women’s clothes that stretch and move well; also owns DKNY label.
Donna Karen
Dominican of Spanish descent; creates romantic, colorful, glamorous fashions with ruffles
Oscar de la renta
Combines Japanese design with unusual knits, draped skirts, and eccentric sculptural
Issey Miyake
