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Avant-Garde

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Innovative, pushing the boundaries, unconventional fashion, often seen as a precursor to future trends.

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Deconstructivism

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A fashion movement where items of clothing are taken apart and put back together with an apparent disregard for the conventions of tailoring.

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Lookbook

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A collection of photographs compiled to show off a model, a photographer, a style, or a clothing line.

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Trend Forecasting

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The prediction of mood, behavior, and buying habits of the consumer that will occur in the future.

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Bias Cut

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Cutting fabric at a 45-degree angle to the grain, allowing for more stretch and drape in a garment.

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Blocking

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The process of assembling blocks of different colors, patterns, or fabrics in clothing to create pieces with multiple hues or textures.

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Pret-a-Porter

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Another term for Ready-to-Wear; factory-made clothing, sold in finished condition, in standardized sizes.

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Colorway

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The range of color combinations in which a style or design is available.

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Monochromatic

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An outfit or design composed of only one color or shades of one color.

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Peacocking

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Dressing in a deliberately attention-seeking way through flamboyant style, color, or garment choice.

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Silhouette

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The shape or outline of a garment. It is a major design feature, often determined by the line of the garment's seams.

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Fashion Week

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A fashion industry event lasting approximately one week, where fashion designers, brands, or houses display their latest collections in runway shows.

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Sustainable Fashion

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A movement and process of fostering change to fashion products and the fashion system towards greater ecological integrity and social justice.

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Vintage

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Clothing representative of a previous era, typically being more than 20 years old.

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Fast Fashion

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An approach to the design, creation, and marketing of clothing fashions that emphasizes making fashion trends quickly and cheaply available to consumers.

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Sartorial

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Of or relating to tailoring, clothes, or style of dress.

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Androgynous

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A style that blurs gender lines, offering a look that is ambiguous and lacks clear gender definition.

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Trickle-down Theory

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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.

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Fashion Icon

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A person who is highly regarded for their significant influence on fashion.

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Bohemian (Boho)

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A style characterized by free-spirited and individualistic fashion, often embodying a relaxed, carefree lifestyle with loose, flowing garments and accessories.

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Chic

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Stylishness and elegance, typically of a clean and modern type.

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Grading

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The process of turning a clothing sample size into additional sizes using a set of pre-determined rules.

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Editorial

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A fashion spread or story in a magazine that displays clothing and accessories in a stylized manner.

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Haute Couture

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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.

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Capsule Collection

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A condensed version of a designer's vision, often a small collection of items meant to be worn together or to complement other pieces.

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Ombre

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A dyeing technique where a fabric is dyed in shades that graduate from light to dark.

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Ready-to-Wear (Prêt-à-Porter)

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Factory-made clothing, sold in finished condition and standardized sizes.

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Mood Board

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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.

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Draping

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The process of positioning and pinning fabric on a dress form to develop the structure of a garment design.

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Street Style

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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.

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