Trading goods, services, ideas, and techniques without the use of money

"Life time" of each fashion; has four stages: introduction, growth, maturity, and decline.

Extra fullness built into clothes by the designer to create a particular style or silhouette

Amount of fullness needed for movement and comfort when wearing a garment

A French expression in the fashion industry that means "ahead of fashion".

Styles that stay in fashion for a long time. Usually simpler & less innovative.

Softly draped neckline on dress or blouse

Fashions that are popular for a short period of time.... here today, gone tomorrow.

Sleeve style that is cut in one piece along with the garment front and back.

A look that brings back styles of an earlier time

Fashions from earlier decades

Designer's work room (ah tul yay)

Computer Aided Drafting: software programs used to create fashion designs; takes the place of hand sketching.

Designing, making, and selling of high fashion clothing; French word for dressmaking

Designers who make fashionable, custom made clothes

Preliminary fashion design sketch

Arranging fabrics directly on model in graceful folds and attractive lines to create designs, rather than starting with sketches

Dressmaking industry that creates the most fashionable, expensive, and exclusive designer clothing

Less expensive versions of modified high fashions

Fee and a percentage of profits; paid when licensing occurs in fashion industry.

A basic pattern that has been used successfully by a designer for a particular body shape; the basis for a new pattern.

Services that predict color, fabric, and fashion trends two or more years in advance.

Sale of goods in small quantities to consumers

Price paid by stores to manufacturers when buying goods to sell.

Deluxe, ready-to-wear, French fashion collection; more practical and less expensive than couture.