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  2. Pattern (sewing) - Wikipedia

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    Fitting a nettle/canvas-fabric on a dress form. In sewing and fashion design, a pattern is the template from which the parts of a garment are traced onto woven or knitted fabrics before being cut out and assembled. Patterns are usually made of paper, and are sometimes made of sturdier materials like paperboard or cardboard if they need to be ...

  3. History of fashion design - Wikipedia

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    History of fashion design refers specifically to the development of the purpose and intention behind garments, shoes, accessories, and their design and construction. The modern industry, based around firms or fashion houses run by individual designers, started in the 19th century with Charles Frederick Worth who, beginning in 1858, was the ...

  4. Fashion design - Wikipedia

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    Fashion designers in 1974 in Dresden. Fashion design is the art of applying design, aesthetics, clothing construction and natural beauty to clothing and its accessories. It is influenced by culture and different trends and has varied over time and place. "A fashion designer creates clothing, including dresses, suits, pants, and skirts, and ...

  5. Aesthetics (textile) - Wikipedia

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    It is determined by the perception of touch and sight. [1][2] Aesthetics imply the appearance and attraction of textile products; it includes the color and texture of the material. It is a statement about the end user (consumer) and the target market. When combined with fabric construction, the finish of the clothing material, garment fit ...

  6. 2010s in fashion - Wikipedia

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    2010s in fashion. Women wearing contemporary outfits at a 2015 fashion show. The 2010s were defined by hipster fashion, athleisure, a revival of austerity-era period pieces and alternative fashions, swag-inspired outfits, 1980s -style neon streetwear, [1] and unisex 1990s -style elements influenced by grunge [2][3] and skater fashions. [4]

  7. Clothing terminology - Wikipedia

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    Clothing terminology comprises the names of individual garments and classes of garments, as well as the specialized vocabularies of the trades that have designed, manufactured, marketed and sold clothing over hundreds of years. Clothing terminology ranges from the arcane (watchet, [1] a pale blue color name from the 16th century), and changes ...

  8. Style line - Wikipedia

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    A style line is a seam in a garment made primarily for the purpose of its visual effect, rather than for the purpose of shaping of structuring the garment. By contrast, a dart or pleat by itself would not be considered a style line because although each can be used to produce a pleasing visual effect, their main purpose is to shape the garment by taking in ease or adding fullness respectively.

  9. Fashion design copyright in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In the case of a fashion design, embodied in a useful article that was made public by the designer or owner in the United States or a foreign country more than 3 months before the date of the application for registration under this chapter. A fashion design shall continue for a term of 3 years beginning on the date of the commencement…