The Supply Chain
Strategies and the consumer
What's hot now
And the Color is...
Fiber, Yarn, fabrics
100

All of the different stages and businesses involved in creating and selling a product to the end consumer.

Apparel Supply Chain

100

Will state why a company is in business, the customer it serves, and what makes the company special.

Mission Statement

100

Change of direction in ideas, values, purchasing behavior or style.

Trend

100

A visual fabric reference with a color code,  fabrics being used will be dyed and compared back to this original reference.

Color Standard

100

I can be found  and harvested from plants and animals

Natural Fibers

200

Garments produced in high volume with predictable demand, price sensitive.  Minimal changes from season to season.

Basic Product

200

Attemps to cater to a large segment of the population will produce in high volume with a lower markup.

Mass Market

200

The concept of Fashion starting on the runway, as it gains in popularity more brands will adapt at lower price points.

Trickle Down Theory

200

Lightness or darkness or a color

Value

200

I am produced on a loom with 2 or more sets of yarns (warp and weft) interlaced at right angels.  Examples include twill and satin.

Wovens

300

Brands developed and sold exclusively at a particular retailer.

Private Label Brands

300

Statistics about a population, inclusive of age, gender, marital status, family size, income, etc.

Demogrpahics

300

Aesthetic expression and communication that continually changes,  reflecting the prevailing ideas within a society or group.

Fashion

300

A colorant that chemically bonds with a substrate.  Or a method of addding color to a fiber, yarn or fabric.

Dye

300

Produced on a machine by interlooping 1 or more continuous yarns.  Examples include Jersey, rib, and interlock.

Knits

400

Continuous review of needs compared with resources available to produce in the needed quality, price, quantity, sustainability, and timing parameters.

Sourcing

400

A well-defined customer group, a business will identify with the goal of selling to.

Target Market

400

Fabrics left over from a previous collection, that can be used for future seasons.

Deadstock Fabric

400

A sample of fabric or trim dyed and review to a color standard for matching.

Lab dips

400

The Image shown  can be described as this type of print:

Random, all-over, multi directional

500

All of the functions and stages involved in creating a product and getting it to market, including marketing, merchandising, creative and technical design, sourcing, production, and distribution

Product Development

500

Will create a unified customer experience across all points of consumer engagement for a seamless experience.

Omnichannel

500

Promotes change in the fashion system that supports environmental integrity, justice, and economic fairness.

Sustainability Movement

500

A  color harmony that consists of colors opposite one another on the color wheel.

Complimentary

500

The following image is an example of this type of pattern:


Yarn-Dyed Plaid

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