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Fashion Journalism Jargon
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Lookbook
A collection of photographs compiled to show off a model, a photographer, a style, or a clothing line.
Haute Couture
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.
Ready-to-Wear (Prêt-à-Porter)
Factory-made clothing, sold in finished condition and standardized sizes.
Capsule Collection
A condensed version of a designer's vision, often a small collection of items meant to be worn together or to complement other pieces.
Fast Fashion
An approach to the design, creation, and marketing of clothing fashions that emphasizes making fashion trends quickly and cheaply available to consumers.
Editorial
A fashion spread or story in a magazine that displays clothing and accessories in a stylized manner.
Mood Board
A type of collage that may consist of images, text, and samples of objects in a composition, used to convey a particular style or concept.
Avant-Garde
Innovative, pushing the boundaries, unconventional fashion, often seen as a precursor to future trends.
Sartorial
Of or relating to tailoring, clothes, or style of dress.
Silhouette
The shape or outline of a garment. It is a major design feature, often determined by the line of the garment's seams.
Draping
The process of positioning and pinning fabric on a dress form to develop the structure of a garment design.
Street Style
Fashion that has emerged not from studios, but from the grassroots. It's generally associated with youth culture and often seen in major urban centers.
Vintage
Clothing representative of a previous era, typically being more than 20 years old.
Trend Forecasting
The prediction of mood, behavior, and buying habits of the consumer that will occur in the future.
Androgynous
A style that blurs gender lines, offering a look that is ambiguous and lacks clear gender definition.
Deconstructivism
A fashion movement where items of clothing are taken apart and put back together with an apparent disregard for the conventions of tailoring.
Fashion Week
A fashion industry event lasting approximately one week, where fashion designers, brands, or houses display their latest collections in runway shows.
Pret-a-Porter
Another term for Ready-to-Wear; factory-made clothing, sold in finished condition, in standardized sizes.
Grading
The process of turning a clothing sample size into additional sizes using a set of pre-determined rules.
Colorway
The range of color combinations in which a style or design is available.
Monochromatic
An outfit or design composed of only one color or shades of one color.
Peacocking
Dressing in a deliberately attention-seeking way through flamboyant style, color, or garment choice.
Sustainable Fashion
A movement and process of fostering change to fashion products and the fashion system towards greater ecological integrity and social justice.
Ombre
A dyeing technique where a fabric is dyed in shades that graduate from light to dark.
Bias Cut
Cutting fabric at a 45-degree angle to the grain, allowing for more stretch and drape in a garment.
Trickle-down Theory
A theory of fashion adoption that suggests new fashion styles are introduced by fashion leaders, and gradually accepted by different social levels, until they are produced in mass quantities at lower price points.
Blocking
The process of assembling blocks of different colors, patterns, or fabrics in clothing to create pieces with multiple hues or textures.
Fashion Icon
A person who is highly regarded for their significant influence on fashion.
Bohemian (Boho)
A style characterized by free-spirited and individualistic fashion, often embodying a relaxed, carefree lifestyle with loose, flowing garments and accessories.
Chic
Stylishness and elegance, typically of a clean and modern type.
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