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26 Cards in this Set
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Avant-Garde Clothes
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A French expression that in the clothing industry means being ahead of fashion. Daring and unconventional.
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Back Fullness Silhouette
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Recurring fashion style with extra fullness at the back only.
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Bell Silhouette
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Recurring style with fullness at the bottom.
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Bodice
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Apparel area above a waistline seam, usually closely fitted.
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Classic
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A traditional style that stays in fashion for a very long time.
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Couturier
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Designer, who creates original, individually designed high fashions and usually owns the fashion house.
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Custom-Designed
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Apparel created specifically for a particular person with special fit, design, and fabric.
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Custom-Made
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Apparel sewn for a particular person who had ordered it, usually after seeing a sample garment, sketch, or picture.
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Draped Garments
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A garment that is wrapped or hung on the human body and has characteristic folds of soft fabric.
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Fad
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A fashion that is very popular for only a short time.
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Fashion
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A particular style that is popular at a given time.
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Fashion Leaders
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Innovative, trend-setting people who have the status and credibility to introduce and popularize new styles.
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Fashion Piracy
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The stealing of design ideas, or the use of design without the consent of the originator.
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Fitted
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Garment or garment part that is shaped to follow the lines of the body, such as a fitted dress or a fitted sleeve.
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High Fashion
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The very lastest or newest fashion, usually of fine quality and beautiful fabric and therefore expensive. It often seams extreme and unusual. Also called high style.
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Irregulars
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Aritcles of merchandise with slight imperfections or defects that are sold to consumers at reduced prices.
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Knock-Offs
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Copy of another (usually) higher priced garment.
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Overruns
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Extra first quality apparel items that were produced by a manufacturer but not ordered by retailers.
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Price Markets
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Categories into which merchandise is place according to its retail selling price. Often described as high, moderate, and low.
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Retailing
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The selling of merchandise directly to consumers through a store or other outlet.
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Seconds
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Apparel items that are soiled, have flaws, are missing trim, or have other defects.
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Style
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The shape of a particular item of clothing that makes it easy to recognize.
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Tailored Garments
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Garments that are made by first cutting garment pieces and that sewing them together to fit the shape of the body.
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Tubular Silhouette
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A recurring style that is slim and straight from top to bottom.
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Wardrobe
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All the apparel a person owns, including garments and accessories.
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Wholesaleling
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The selling of goods in large lots to retailers.
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