Fashion Terms

ARCHIVE: Clothing from the past body of work of any given designer or brand - Any season of a designer that is not current VINTAGE: Fashion becomes Vintage after it is abt 20 yrs old VINTAGE = ARCHIVE ARCHIVE = NOT ALWAYS VINTAGE WARP AND WEFT: The two basic components used in weaving to turn thread or yarn into fabric WARP= HORIZONTAL THREAD BIAS CUT: To be cut on the grain at a 45 degree angle rather than following the straight line of the weave - Create more fluidity in the appearance of the clothes - soft drapes - body shown off more - (f.e. DIOR FALL 2010/ 1999 COUTURE) Madeleine Vionnet is also famous for firstly using it for the entirety of a garment COLLABORATION: The action of working with someone to produce or create something together . often an exchange of access COUTURE=DRESSMAKING: The design and manufacture of fashionable clothes to a clients specific requirements and measurements - Mostly for rich ppl, celebs, runways HAUTE COUTURE=HIGH DRESSMAKING: - Protected by Law - Defined by the commerce and industry chamber in Paris. .. a regulatin comission that determines wich fashion houses are eligible to be true haute couture houses Requirements: - a brand must design for private clients - have a workshop in Paris that employs at least fifteen staff members full time - have at least 20 full time technical ppl in at least on workshop - Present a collection of at least fifty original designs to the public every fashion season - Before being a member you have to be invited to be a guest member for 4 seasons where you then get the opportunity It is possible to be an international operator like Valentio, Armani but you still have to show during the HC Season PRET A PORTER= READY TO WEAR: Made for the general market and sold throuh stores, not custom for an individual customer - YSL introduced RTW into paris high fashion - Super revolutionary especially for women back then who were used to not being able to afford customs - Size Tag means RTW not HC CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Determines the creative vison of a brand or project and manifests that vision through, digital, print and film - Delivering that vision through clothes - Not every Creative Director is a designer themselves wich doesnt have to be bad DESIGNER: Able to draft a pattern themselves, then excecute the techniques that are needed to create a sample of the design Example: Jordan Arthur Smith DEMOCRATIZATION: THE action of making something accesible to everyone - f.e. releasing shownotes for runway shows, instagram post with insparation, just information in general - results in closer connection with the brand DECONSTRUCTION: A method of critical analysis of philosophical and literary language which emphasizes the internal workings of language and conceptual systems, the relational quality of meaning, and the assumption of implicit in forms of expression ( f.e CDG FALL 12,18) Associated Artists are Yohi yamamoto, Rei Kawakubo, martin margiela. etc ANTI FASHION: Term for various styles of dress wich are exokicitly contrary to the fashion of the day ( f.e. CDG ss 22, MM ss 93, YY ss 22) - BLISS FOSTER VIDEO, ANTI FASHION!! AVANT GARDE: New and unusual or experimental ideas, especially in the arts, or the ppl introducing them - BLISS FOSTER VIDEO, AVANT GARDE!! - Something that is avant garde rn is never really mainstream fahion