Fashion Glossary
Fashion Glossary
2,000+ terms from the Lyons Intel knowledge base.
A
- A-line
- Abito
- Accordion pleat
- Acetate
- Acid dye
- Acid wash denim
- Acrylic
- Aesthetic dress
- Air-jet spun
- Aizome
- Alpaca
- Amekaji
- Angora
- Antimicrobial finish
- Antistatic finish
- AOV — average order value
- Appliqué
- Aramid (Kevlar, Nomex)
- Armhole depth
- Arpète
- Art Deco beading
- ASN — advance ship notice
- Asola
- Asola lucida
- Asymmetric
- Asymmetric
- Asymmetric
- At-once order
- Atelier
- Atelier flou
- Atelier tailleur
- Athleisure
- Attach rate
- AUC — average unit cost
- AUR — average unit retail
- Awl
B
- Back darts
- Backless dress
- Balance
- Balance line
- Baleine
- Balletcore
- Banyan
- Barchetta
- Bartack
- Basic / cationic dye
- Basket weave
- Bâti
- Batwing
- Bavolet
- Bell
- Bell bottoms
- Belt loops
- Bertha
- Bias
- Bias
- Bias-cut gown
- Bicep circumference
- Biella suiting
- Bishop
- Blend
- Bliaut
- Blind hem
- Blind stitch (103)
- Block
- Block print
- Block printing
- Blokecore
- Blouson
- bluesign®
- Boat neck
- Boho chic
- BOM — bill of materials
- Bombast
- Bombyx mori silk
- Bonded
- Bootcut
- Boro
- Bottone
- Bottoni funzionanti
- Bouclé yarn
- Bound
- Bound seam
- Bouton
- Boutonnage
- Boutonnière
- Box pleat
- Bozzetto
- Bracelet sleeve
- Breast pocket
- Broad shoulder adjustment
- Broderie anglaise
- Broderie de Lunéville
- Brushed
- Bubble
- Buckle
- Bundle
- Bunka system
- Burnout
- Burnout (devoré)
- Bursting strength
- Bust dart
- Bustier
- Bustle
- Bustle cage
- Button fly
- Button-down
- Buttonhole stitch
C
- Cabine
- Cabine mannequins
- Cable knit
- Cable knit
- CAC — customer acquisition cost
- CAD pattern making
- Calendered
- Calendering
- Camicia
- Cap
- Cape
- Cape collar
- Capo
- Cappotto
- Caraco
- Carded yarn
- Cargo
- Cashmere (Hircus goat)
- Cashmere (IT)
- CB / CF
- Cellulose fibre
- Centre back bias curve
- Centre back seam allowance
- Chainstitch (401)
- Chaperon
- Chargeback
- Chef d'atelier
- Chelsea
- Chemise (1920s)
- Chemise (FR)
- Chemisier
- Chirimen
- Chiton
- CIF — cost, insurance, freight
- Cintura
- Circle
- Circle skirt
- Classic Lolita
- Classic shirt sleeve
- Clip & notch
- Cloche
- Club
- CM — cut and make
- CMT — cut, make, trim
- Codpiece
- COGS
- Cohort analysis
- Coil zip
- Coin
- Cold shoulder
- Collar fall
- Collar stand
- Collection
- Collezione
- Collo
- Collo a rever
- Colourfastness to light
- Colourfastness to washing
- Combed yarn
- Como silk
- Comp store sales
- Compact-spun yarn
- Completo a mano
- Concession
- Contour dart
- Contour waistband
- Conversion rate
- Convertible
- Corsage
- Corset (FR)
- Cotehardie
- Coton
- Cotone
- Cottagecore
- Coupe
- Couturier / Couturière
- Coverstitch (406)
- Cowl
- Cowl neck (1930s)
- Cravat
- Crêpe
- Crêpe de Chine
- Crêpe Georgette
- Crew neck
- Crinoline
- Crocking
- Cropped
- Cross grain
- Cucitura
- Cuffed hem
- Cuirass bodice
- Cupro
- Curved
- Cut on fold
- Cyberpunk fashion
- Cyclas
- Cyclas cape
D
- Dart equivalent
- Dart manipulation
- DDP — delivered duty paid
- Décolleté
- Decora
- Deep V
- Deerstalker
- Défilé
- Denier
- Dentelle
- Dentelle d'Alençon
- Dentelle de Calais
- Dentelle de Chantilly
- Design ease
- Digital print
- Digital textile print
- Digitiser
- Discharge print
- Discharge printing
- Disco look
- Disperse dye
- Dobby
- Dobby weave
- Dolman
- Dopamine dressing
- Double cloth
- Double knit
- Double welt
- Double-fold
- Double-pointed dart
- Doublet
- Doublure
- Drape
- Draping (moulage)
- Drawstring
- Drawstring
- Drawstring
- Drill hole
- Drop model
- Drop shoulder
- Drop-waist seam
- Dropped waist
- DTC
- DWR — durable water repellent
E
F
- Facing
- Fagoting
- Faille
- Fairy kei
- Farthingale
- Fashion cycle
- Faufiler
- FCL — full container load
- Fermeture éclair
- Fibre / dope dyed
- Fibroin
- Fichu
- Fichu
- Filament
- Filato
- First price sell-through
- Fishtail
- Fit comments
- Fit evaluation
- Fit pose
- Fit sample
- Fitting
- Flagship store
- Flap
- Flapper dress
- Flared
- Flared
- Flat 2-hole button
- Flat 4-hole button
- Flat pattern method
- Flat-felled seam
- Flatlock
- Fleece
- Flocking
- Floor density
- Flutter
- FOB — free on board
- Fodera
- Foil printing
- Fontange
- Forward order
- FR — flame retardant
- Frayed
- French curve
- French dart
- French seam
- French terry
- Frock coat (18c)
- Frog
- Fronces
- Full bust adjustment (FBA)
- Fulled (milled)
- Funnel neck
- Furisode
G
- Ganguro
- Garment dye
- Garment dyed
- Gathered
- Gathering
- Geta
- Giacca
- Gipon (pourpoint)
- GMROI
- Go-go boot
- Godet
- Godet
- Gonna
- Gored
- Gorpcore
- Gossypium barbadense
- Gossypium hirsutum
- Gothic Lolita
- GOTS
- Grade
- Grade / grading
- Grade point
- Grade rule
- Grade seam
- Graded nest
- Grain line
- Griffato
- Griffe
- Griffon
- GRN
- Gros-grain
- Gross margin
- GRS — Global Recycled Standard
- Grunge
- Guêpière
- Gyaru
H
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L
- L-square
- Lacing
- Laine
- Lana
- Lantern
- Lapped seam
- LCL — less than container
- Leg warmers
- Leg-of-mutton
- Leg-of-mutton sleeve
- Leno
- Leno weave
- Lettuce
- Ligne
- Like-for-like (LFL)
- Lin
- Line plan
- Lining
- Lino
- Linum usitatissimum (flax)
- Liripipe
- Lockstitch (301)
- Logomania
- Lolita fashion
- Low rise
- Low-rise jeans
- LTV — lifetime value
- Lycra®
- Lyocell (TENCEL™)
M
- Maestro sarto
- Maglia
- Maglieria
- Magnetic snap
- Maintained markup (MMU)
- Maison
- Mandarin
- Manica
- Mannequin
- Manteau
- Mantelet
- Mantua
- Marcel wave
- Markdown cadence
- Marker
- Marker efficiency
- Martindale abrasion
- Master pattern
- Maxi dress
- McBling
- Meisen
- Mercerisation
- Mercerised cotton
- Merino wool
- Merletto
- Mermaid
- Merry Widow hat
- Metal zip
- Metallic coating
- Mezza canvas
- Michiyuki
- Mid rise
- Midinette
- Mini skirt
- Mob wife aesthetic
- Mock neck
- Mod look
- Modacrylic
- Modal
- Modellista
- Modello
- Modiste
- Mohair
- MOIS — months of inventory
- Monofilament
- Mori kei
- Mottainai
- Mousseline
- MSF — minimum stock floor
- Multifilament
- MVTR
N
O
P
- Pagne
- Paillette
- Palazzo pants
- Palla
- Pallium
- Panel line
- Panniers
- Pantalon
- Pantaloni
- Paper dress
- Paperbag waist
- Parementure
- Paris 4 grades
- Partlet
- Passementerie
- Passementerie
- Passerella
- Patch pocket
- Pattern Magic
- Peaked lapel
- Pedal pusher
- Pelisse
- Pencil
- Pencil skirt
- Peplos
- PET / polyester
- Pet-en-l'air
- Peter Pan
- Petit main
- Petite robe noire
- Petites mains
- Phone pocket
- Piece dyed
- Piega
- Pieghettato
- Pignato pocket
- Pile weave
- Pillbox hat
- Pilling resistance
- Pin tucks
- Pince
- Pince (IT)
- Piqué knit
- Piqûre
- Pivot method
- Pizzo
- Plain seam
- Plain weave
- Plain weave
- Platform shoe (1940s)
- Pleated
- Pleated trouser
- Pleats (front)
- Pli
- Plied yarn
- Plotter
- Plumb line / spirit level
- Plunge
- PO — purchase order
- Poche passepoilée
- Point collar
- Pointelle
- Polo collar
- Polonaise (Victorian)
- Polso
- Polyamide 6 (PA6)
- Polyamide 6,6 (PA6.6)
- Polypropylene fibre
- POM — point of measure
- Ponte
- Ponte (Ponte di Roma)
- Poodle skirt
- Pop-up store
- Portefeuille
- Power shoulder
- PP — pre-production sample
- Prairie dress
- Prato wool
- Pre-pack
- Première
- Prêt-à-porter
- Princess line
- Princess seams
- Production pattern
- Protein fibre
- Prova
- Puff
- Puffball skirt
- Pulls
- Puritan
Q
R
- Ra-ra skirt
- Raglan sleeve
- Ramie
- Range plan
- Raschel
- Rate of sale (RoS)
- Rational dress
- Rave wear
- Raw
- Rayon (1930s diffusion)
- RCS — Recycled Claim Standard
- RDC — regional distribution centre
- Reactive dye
- Realised margin
- Redingote
- Regency tailcoat
- Replenishment
- RET (breathability)
- Reticule
- Rever (IT)
- Revers
- Rib knit
- Rib weave
- Ricamo
- Ring-spun yarn
- Rinzu
- Robe à l'anglaise
- Robe à la française
- Robe à la polonaise
- Rocchetto
- Rockabilly
- Rolled hem
- Rotary screen print
- Round back adjustment
- rPET (recycled polyester)
- RTV — return to vendor
- Ruching
- Ruff
- Ruffle
- Ruffled
S
- S-bend corset
- S-twist
- Saddle line
- Sailor
- Sanforisation
- Sanforised
- Sarta
- Sarto
- Sartoria
- Sartoria Fiorentina
- Sartoria Milanese
- Sartoria Napoletana
- Sartoria Romana
- Sashiko
- Satin Duchesse
- Satin stitch
- Satin weave
- Satin weave
- Scalloped
- Scoop neck
- Screen print
- Screen printing
- Seam allowance (SA)
- Sell-through rate (ST%)
- Selvedge
- Sericin
- Set square
- Set-in sleeve
- Seta
- Sfilata
- Shank button
- Shawl
- Sheath dress
- Shibori
- Shift dress
- Shirring
- Shirt collar
- Shirtwaist
- Shitsuke
- Shorn
- Shoulder pad
- Shrinkage
- Side seam
- Side seam
- Side tab
- Silhouette (FR)
- Singed cotton
- Single dart
- Single jersey
- Skinny
- SKU
- Slash and spread
- Slashing
- Sleeve cap
- Sleeve cap ease
- Sleeve pitch
- Sleeveless
- Slip dress
- Slit
- Sloper
- Slub yarn
- Small bust adjustment (SBA)
- Smocking
- Snap
- Snood
- Sode
- Soie
- Spacco
- Spalla a mappina
- Spalla camicia
- Spencer
- Split neck
- Spray rating
- Spread (cutting)
- Spread collar
- Square neck
- Stampa
- Staple fibre
- Staple-spun yarn
- Stays
- Staystitch
- Steinkirk
- Stilista
- Stock cover
- Stola
- Stomacher (18c)
- Stomacher (Renaissance)
- Straight
- Straight leg
- Straight waistband
- Strapless sweetheart
- Streetwear x luxury
- Style number
- Su misura
- Sublimation printing
- Sunburst pleat
- Super count (wool)
- Superfine wool
- Supima®
- Sur mesure
- Surcoat
- Swayback adjustment
- Sweet Lolita
- Sweetheart
T
- T-square
- T&A — time and action
- Tab collar
- Tabi
- Tablier
- Tailleur
- Tan
- Tapered
- Tasca
- Tasca a pattina
- Tasca a toppa
- Tate-yoko
- Tea gown
- Tear strength
- Techwear (JP origin)
- Tela
- Tela completa
- Tendance
- Tensile strength
- Tessuto
- Tex
- Ticket
- Tie belt
- Tie neck
- Tiered
- Ties
- Tintura
- Tippet
- Tissu
- Toga
- Toggle
- Toilage
- Toile
- Tolerance
- Tombé
- Tomesode
- Topstitch
- Topstitching
- Tournure
- Tracing wheel
- Tracksuit (1990s)
- Traîne
- Trama
- Triacetate
- Tribal tattoo motif
- Tricot
- Trilby
- Trims and tickets
- Trompe-l'œil
- Tronc
- Trouser crease
- True grain
- True up
- Trumpet
- Trunk hose
- Tsumugi
- Tucks
- Tunica
- Turtleneck
- Tussah / wild silk
- Twill weave
- Twill weave
- Two-piece sleeve
- Two-way zip