final Flashcards

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Theme

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topic for a fashion forecast that has a unifying, dominant idea

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Inspiration for Theme

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The News, Art, and Politics – newsworthy events, political shifts, architectural innovations, and art shows
The Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibits
The Victoria & Albert Museum in London
www.fashionandtextilesmuseums.com
Middle East wars
Films such as An Inconvenient Truth or Before the Flood

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Scientific approach

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Scientific approach – forecasters research and collect tangible data from:

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Artistic approach

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Artistic approach – forecaster relies on creativity to access and record:

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Color forecasting

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gathering, evaluating, understanding, and interpreting information to predict the colors for the upcoming seasons

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Color forecaster

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specialist in the research and development of color prediction

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Color Evolution

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occurs from season to season

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Color palette

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a range of colors

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Color story

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a palette of colors used to identify, organize, and connect ideas and products

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Color theory

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the study of color and its meaning in the worlds of art and design

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Color wheel/color circle

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a visual representation of colors arranged according to their chromatic relationship

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Primary colors –
Secondary colors –
Tertiary colors -

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Primary colors – colors at their basic essence
Cannot be created by mixing others
Secondary colors – a mixture of two primaries
Tertiary colors – a mixture of primary and secondary hues

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Complementary colors

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– located opposite each other on a color wheel

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Analogous colors

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– located close together on a color wheel

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Hue

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the color itself

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Value

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– the lightness or darkness of the color

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Intensity

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– the saturation or brightness of a color

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Tint

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– a hue that has white added

19
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Shade

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– a hue with black added

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Tone

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– a hue with gray added

21
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Color scheme

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– a group of colors in relation to each other

22
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Monochromatic color schemes

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two or more colors from one hue

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Neutral color scheme

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– white, black, gray, brown, and cream

Neutral colors do not appear on the color wheel

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Discordant color schemes

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include colors that “clash”

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Textile

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– flexible fabric made from natural or manufactured films, fibers, or yarns; woven, knitted, or assembled of layers

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Trim

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– used to embellish a product
Lace
Ribbons
Beads
Feathers
27
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Findings

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– add performance qualities to a product or used decoratively
Zippers
Elastic
Velcro
Thread
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Material

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– the substance of which an item or thing is made

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Fiber –

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– hairlike substance; basic building block for most yarns and fabrics

Two types:
Natural
Manufactured

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Natural Fibers

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cotton, flax, wool and silk

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Manufactured Fibers

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fibers that are created using science and technology

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Yarns

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– created by spinning and twisting fibers together to create long, continuous strands

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Fabric structure

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– method in which textiles are constructed

34
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Categories of Fabric Structure

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Woven fabrics – created by weaving interlacing yarns at right angles
Knit fabrics – interlooping yarns using needles to create fabric
Nonwoven fabrics – fibers held together by bonding, tangling, felting, creating films, or fusing

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Types of Printing:

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Application /direct 
printing
Discharge printing
Resist printing
Tie-dyeing
Batik
Digital printing
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Finishes

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– any chemical or mechanical process that a fabric undergoes to alter its inherent properties

37
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“Look” segment of forecast

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Design elements
Principles
Innovations 
Shapes
Silhouettes
Combinations of features
38
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Design elements

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building blocks for designed products
Line
Silhouette
Shape
Details 
Color
Texture
39
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Line

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have direction, width and length

40
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Silhouette

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– overall outline or outside shape of a design or a garment

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Details

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– lines on the inside of a garment

42
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What Is a Final Forecast

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Create a professional-quality forecast
Visually stimulating product
Develop compelling script

43
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Two portions of a final fashion forecast:

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Visual portion

  • Presentation boards
  • Computer-generated slides
  • Imagery created for the Web

Written portion

  • Verbally presented to an audience through a script
  • Recorded as part of a webinar
  • Text on the presentation boards
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Layout

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directs how the viewer perceives and understands the message and meaning of the prediction
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