The Definition of Fashion Industry Words & Phrases
We believe that it is our responsibility to help you understand the world of Fashion.
There are many words and phrases we use everyday which are very specific to the fashion industry. The definition of some terms are easy to grasp, but others can be quite misleading.
We wouldn’t be a very helpful fashion consultancy service if we ended up confusing you, so we have created this handy glossary for your reference.
You might have noticed that words elsewhere on the website are underlined, too. This means that you can hover over or click on the word to find out what it means.
If you have heard a word or phrase which is not defined below, don’t hesitate to get in touch and ask us about it!
- Allocation
- Apparel
- Approval
- Aspirational Brands
- Bulk
- CAD
- Colour Depth
- Comments
- Competitor Brands
- Composition
- Concept
- Consolidation
- Consumption
- Cost Price
- Critical Path
- Cut & Sewn
- Cut Make Trim
- Development Budget
- Distribution Centre
- Drop
- Dropped
- Execution
- Fabric
- Fabric Structure
- Fashion Collection
- Fibres
- Fit Model
- Fitting
- Freight on Board
- Fully Factored
- Garment Development
- Garment Dyed
- Garment Technology
- Grading
- Graphic
- Greige
- Jersey
- Lab Dip
- Lead Time
- Marker
- Measurement Specification
- Minimum Order Quantity
- Mock-Up
- Muse
- Own Retail
- Pantone
- Pattern Piece
- Piece Dyed
- Pre-Production Sample
- Prepared For Dye
- Product Category
- Production
- Production Budget
- Profit Margin
- Proto (1st)
- Proto (2nd)
- Proto (3rd)
- Prototype
- Quality Assurance
- Quality Control
- Range Plan
- Retail Price
- Route to Market
- Salesman Sample
- Sample
- Sample Size
- Seamless
- Size Range
- Size Set
- Sourcing
- Strike Off
- Supplier
- Surcharge
- Target Market
- Technical Pack
- Tolerance
- Trims
- Unique Selling Point
- Vertical
- Wash
- Wholesale
- Woven
- Yardage Yield