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Another fertile source for clothing terms is place names, which usually reflect the origin (or supposed origin) of a fashion. Modern terms such as Bermuda shorts, Hawaiian shirts, and Fair Isle sweaters are the latest in a long line that stretches back to holland (linen), damask ("from Damascus"), polonaise ("in the fashion of Polish women ...
Words and phrases used within the fashion community. Pages in category "Fashion terminology" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
Fashion is defined in a number of different ways, and its application can be sometimes unclear. Though the term fashion connotes difference, as in "the new fashions of the season", it can also connote sameness, for example in reference to "the fashions of the 1960s", implying a general uniformity. Fashion can signify the latest trends, but may ...
In discussing a fashion show in Paris, one reviewer wrote in 2005: The low-rise skirt in denim is the first of its kind seen on the Paris runways . What is now clear to me is that no self-respecting Banjee Latina , or ghetto-fabulous "Shamecka-girl" or high rolling white chick will be ever able to resist its urban appeal.
The Fashion Dictionary, Funk and Wagnalls, 1957. (1973 edition ISBN 0-308-10052-2, 1999 Dover republication ISBN 0-486-40294-0) 1993. Old-Fashioned Ribbon Trimmings and Flowers. ISBN 978-0486-27521-5; 1999. A Dictionary of Costume and Fashion: Historic and Modern (unabridged Dover Books republication of The Fashion Dictionary, 1957). ISBN 978 ...
One fashion accessory commonly worn by women in Victorian England was the slide bracelet. Slide bracelets were worn after the wrist watch came into fashion. [6] During the early 16th century, in Italy hat badges were worn by civilian men of higher social status as a decorative item, in imitation of the cap badges worn by the invading military ...
The term "gorpcore" was first introduced by writer Jason Chen in an article for New York magazine's fashion blog The Cut in 2017. The term derives from the term normcore and the popular hiking snack, gorp (possibly an acronym of "good ol' raisins and peanuts", or "granola, oatmeal, raisins, and peanuts" but likely a backronym). [1]
Fashion is a term used interchangeably to describe the creation of clothing, footwear, accessories, cosmetics, and jewellery of different cultural aesthetics and their mix and match into outfits that depict distinctive ways of dressing (styles and trends) as signifiers of social status, self-expression, and group belonging.