Style
It is the characteristic appearance of the garment or accessory. Skirts, for example are a style. But now there is a variation in skirts also which are also referred as style eg. skirts are straight, flared or pleated. Styles do not change, although their acceptance by customers do change periodically.
Taste
A personal feeling about a particular style. When people speak of good taste, they are referring to the appropriateness of a style for a particular use or occasion.
Fashion
It is a style accepted by a majority of a group. Styles likes Flared pants and turtleneck sweaters become fashion only when a majority of the consuming public accepts and purchases them.
Haute Couture
High Fashion
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Ready to wear premium range collection.
Silhouette
It is a garment shape or outline. There are four basic shapes in women's apparel. They are Tubular ( Fall Straight ), A-line ( Falls from shoulder extending to hem), Wedge ( Which has greater width in the upper body than the lower body) and hourglass (It has equal shoulder and hip width and exaggerated waist indentations).
Knock-Off
A garment that has been copied from the design of some expensive item of clothing.
Sources ( Adapted from)
The World of Fashion: Jay Diamond and Ellen Diamond
It is the characteristic appearance of the garment or accessory. Skirts, for example are a style. But now there is a variation in skirts also which are also referred as style eg. skirts are straight, flared or pleated. Styles do not change, although their acceptance by customers do change periodically.
Taste
A personal feeling about a particular style. When people speak of good taste, they are referring to the appropriateness of a style for a particular use or occasion.
Fashion
It is a style accepted by a majority of a group. Styles likes Flared pants and turtleneck sweaters become fashion only when a majority of the consuming public accepts and purchases them.
Haute Couture
High Fashion
Pret-a-Porter
Ready to wear premium range collection.
Silhouette
It is a garment shape or outline. There are four basic shapes in women's apparel. They are Tubular ( Fall Straight ), A-line ( Falls from shoulder extending to hem), Wedge ( Which has greater width in the upper body than the lower body) and hourglass (It has equal shoulder and hip width and exaggerated waist indentations).
Knock-Off
A garment that has been copied from the design of some expensive item of clothing.
Sources ( Adapted from)
The World of Fashion: Jay Diamond and Ellen Diamond
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