-to feel more attractive

-decoration

-status

-modesty

What Influences Clothing: -society and culture

-family and friends

-peer group and social status

-advertising and media

Accessories- special add-ons that create a new look for an old outfit and give you character. They are often less expensive than a new garment.

Apparel- types of special clothing for various events. They may very from the "in" skirt or fuzzy mitts.

Fad- a fashion that is very popular for only a short period of time. They are often accessories and normally die down quickly too.

Fashion- a particular style that is popular at a given time. Anything that is currently "in".

Fashion cycles- when someone starts to wear a certain fashion and people follow and eventually everyone is wearing that same fashion.

Fashion trend- when a fashion cycle begins slowly

texture: determines how fabric feels, moves and looks when it's worn. Textures can be soft or crisp, smooth or nubby and dull or shiny. Different textures will compliment different figures. If you are skinny wear extra-crisp fabrics, nubby fabrics or shiny fabrics. If you are heavier set stick with soft, clingy fabrics, stiff, smooth or dull fabrics.

Harmony: pleasing arrangement of all parts of a garment. Colors, lines, shapes, spaces and textures should look like they belong together.

This shirt has a gather of fabric at the bust which adds emphasis to that part, making them appear bigger.

Catalog- ordering merchandise from store or mail order catalogs. Choose from greater selection of clothes, plus you often save money and time and it's more convenient.

Casual- a style that is comfortable and relaxed. It can be worn to an informal occasion. A lot of jobs these days allow casual dressing.

-able to mix and match various items to give you lots of different outfits

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Principles Design, Methods Boutique-, Favorite Outfits, Terminology Accessories-, Avant- Garde-, Workplace- Depending, Planned Wardrobe, Wardrobe University, Influences Clothing, Function Clothing, ie sweats, white tank top, peasant top, lines add, diagonal lines, jeans t-shirts, stores carry, vertical horizontal, internal spaces, division space garment, appeal people, fabrics nubby fabrics, lines shapes,
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