Clothing Needs
These are the three basic categories of human needs that clothing satisfies.
What are physical, psychological, and social needs?
These are the ideas, beliefs, and material items that are most important to an individual.
What are values?
In "better times" or a strong economy, clothing styles usually become these two things.
What are brighter and more adventurous?
This is any article of wearing apparel, such as a dress, suit, or sweater.
What is a garment?
This is a temporary, passing fashion that is very popular for a short time and then fades away.
What is a fad?
This physical need is met when we wear helmets for sports or sterile gloves in a lab.
What is protection (or physical safeguards)?
This term describes a person's desire for something that provides satisfaction but is not required for survival.
What is a "want"?
This is a society's customary set of social beliefs and values that often determines what people find beautiful.
What is culture?
These items, like jewelry, belts, and scarves, are added to an outfit to complete or enhance it.
What are accessories?
This refers to a style or design that stays popular for a long time because of its simple, stylish lines.
What is a classic?
This psychological term describes using clothing as "attractive decoration" to express creativity or feel positive.
What is adornment?
This is the balance between obeying a standard (like a dress code) and expressing your own unique self.
What is conformity versus individuality?
When the economy is struggling or times are "hard," clothing tends to take on this specific look.
What is a serious or conservative look?
This is the prevailing type of clothing that a large segment of the public is currently buying and wearing.
What is fashion?
This term describes the most daring and wild designs, often used to draw attention on a stage.
What is avant-garde?
This is the process of using clothing, such as uniforms or badges, to describe who someone is and what they do.
What is identification?
According to personality studies, people who prefer this specific type of clothing tend to be confident, outgoing, and secure.
What is comfortable clothing?
These rules, which can be written or unwritten, help businesses and schools promote group identity and disciplined behavior.
What are dress codes?
While a "style" is a general type of garment, this term refers to a specific or unique version of that style.
What is a design?
This is the latest or newest fashion that is usually innovative, expensive, and considered too extreme for the general public.
What is high fashion?
While status is one social reason for wearing clothes, this term refers to covering the body according to a society's code of decency.
What is modesty?
These two factors—one being a personal feeling and the other being inherited through generations—greatly influence how we select apparel.
What are attitudes and values?
Historically, these three rare or expensive items were used as "status symbols" to show a person's rank.
What are silk, pearls, and purple coloring?
These "homogenized" styles account for the majority of sales in the fashion industry because they are produced in huge quantities.
What is mass fashion (or volume fashion)?
In fashion, this specific term refers to a person's sensitivity to what is artistically pleasing and appropriate for an occasion.
What is (good) taste?