Monday 9 February 2015

Incase you missed it- Fashion Terms and their meaning.

This is actually a repost.
 I noticed in my site statistics hundreds of visitors on this site recently though I wish to read feedbacks. *💓ehugs💓. That aside,
In case any BV is not familiar with fashion terms mostly used by fashion bloggers or in articles relating to fashion, these tips can come in handy. I have compiled just a few of the commonly used key terms for your benefit.



A-line : a garment, usually dress or skirt
that is slightly flared from a narrow waist

Bespoke: a made-to-order garment, usually 
a suit, could also apply to shoes or a wedding dress; tailored specifically to the customer’s measurements and specifications

Brick-and-Mortar : The term for a physical
location of a store in a real place, not online

Cable-knit : usually refers to a sweater,
knit with a type of stitch that produces a
twist that resembles a two-ply cable

CFDA : The Council of Fashion Designers
of America

Color-blocking : originally a technique
where blocks of fabric are sewn together
in one garment to create clothing with a
few different solid colors; has now come
to encompass an outfit that applies the
same technique to a combination of
pieces (ie shirt, pants, shoes)

DIY : acronym for “do it yourself,”
referring to creating something yourself
and making a blog post (tutorial)
instructing others on how to make it,
step-by-step

Editrix : A powerful female editor, most
especially used to refer to Anna Wintour
or Carine Roitfeld

Fashionality: used to describe a person in
the fashion industry with a lot of personality and sometimes celebrity status

Faux Pas: A term borrowed from the French, meaning a miss-step or major no-no

Haute Couture: a French term, mean
exclusive, custom-fitted high fashion
clothing as produced in Paris, and
imitated in other fashion capitals such as
New York, London, and Milan – made for
individual customers from high quality,
expensive fabrics

Kitten heel : a short slender heel, usually
just 1.5 or 2 inches high

Live-pinning : to pin images to Pinterest
instantaneously as they are created;
recently done by @OscarPRGirl during
Oscar de la Renta’s Resort 2013 show

Peplum: A short flared, gathered, or
pleated strip of fabric attached at the
waist of a woman’s jacket, dress, blouse
or skirt to create a hanging frill or
flounce

Pinteresting : When something is worthy
of being pinned to a board on Pinterest ,
you might say, “That’s so pinteresting!”

Quilted : when two or more layers of
material are sewn together to make a
thicker padded material, often creating a
diamond pattern of seams throughout the
fabric; for example, the classic Chanel
quilted handbag

Ruching: Gathers created in clothing by
pulling fabric between 2 or more lines of
stitching.

September Issue : This usually the biggest
and most important issue in a monthly
magazine’s editorial calendar, focusing
on fall fashion; also a film about the
making of Vogue’s September 2007 issue
and it’s editor-in-chief, Anna Wintour

Trickle-up trend : Fashion trends that start
“on the street” and make their way into
high fashion

Vanity sizing: (also know as size inflation)
when the same clothing size becomes
larger over time
Vlog: a video blog, or video post on a blog



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