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adopt a look only after they're sure of a fashion trend, buy later in the fashion life cycle
What is Fashion Follower?
Any cloth or goods produced by weaving, knitting, or felting. A material, as a fiber or yarn, used in or suitable for weaving:
What are Textiles?
apparel for shorter females (under 5' 4"), who have shorter torsos, arms and legs. These items are sometimes indicated with a "P" after the size number, such as 10P.
What is Petite?
A person who designs any of a variety of things. This usually implies the task of creating drawings or in some ways uses visual cues to organize his or her work.
Who is a Designer?
oldest theory of fashion adoption and assumes fashion is dictated by those at the tip of the social pyramid before being copied by the people in the lower social levels
What is the Trickle-Down Theory?
seek out new styles before they are popular, buy early in the fashion life cycle
What is Fashion Leader?
A natural cellulosic fiber obtained from the boll.
What is Cotton?
apparel for fully developed women of average height, weight and proportions. Sizes are EVEN numbers 0-20.
What are Misses?
A person who organizes, manages, and takes on the risks of a business. They own their own business.
Who is an Entrepreneur?
The process of creating new versions for garments, accessories, or other items.
What is Designing?
Ongoing change in what is considered fashionable.
What is the Fashion Movement?
Plant from which the natural fiber linen is obtained.
What is Flax?
sizes for taller females often have the size number followed by a "T", such as 10T.
What are Talls?
A business that sells goods or services (merchandise) directly to the end-use consumers.
Who is a Retailer?
The display of the currently popular style of objects or activities.
What is Fashion?
Fashion leaders that influence others to imitate their style.
Who are Trendsetters?
Natural fibers of animal origin, such as wool, silk, and specialty hair fibers.
What are Protein Fibers?
category for females with larger proportions and is offered in even sizes from about 14-46 or higher.
What is Women's or Plus-Size?
The physical presentation of goods in the most attractive and understandable ways to increase sales.
What is Visual Merchandising?
Obtaining planned merchandise through vendors or other suppliers.
What is Merchandise Buying?
A style can originate within any class and spread horizontally through the population to all groups. Items flow with different price points, fabrics, etc.
What is the Trickle-Across Theory?
a method of textile production in which two distinct sets of yarns or threads are interlaced at right angles to form a fabric or cloth
What is Weaving?
make it easier for children to get into and out of clothes by themselves. Include: large armholes, well marked backs and fronts, easy to fasten front closings.
What are Self-Help Features?
Merchandising executives who are responsible for selecting and purchasing goods for their companies and for selling the goods at a profit.
Who is Retail Buyer?
newest theory of fashion adoption and is the opposite of the trickle-down theory. Fashion adoption begins with the young members of society who often are in lower income groups
What is the Trickle-Up Theory?