F A S H I O N PROMPTORIUM
ANDROGYNOUS
A-LINE
ANORAK
ANORAK A DRESS OR SKIRT SILHOUETTE THAT
AN ANORAK IS A HOODED SPORTS JACKET
ANDROGENY REFERS TO A LOOK THAT
IS NARROWER AT THE TOP, FLAR-
SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR EXTREME WEATH-
IS OF INDETERMINATE GENDER. MOST
ING GENTLY OUT TO MAKE AN ‘A’
ER CONDITIONS. (I.E. WINDY, SNOWY ETC.) AN
COMMONLY THIS LOOK FEATURES
SHAPE SILHOUETTE. FLATTERING ON
ANORAK IS ALSO KNOWN AS A PARKA, WIND-
GARMENTS AND STYLE TRAITS THAT
MOST FIGURES IN PARTICULAR PEAR
BREAKER OR WINDCHEATER.
ARE COMMONLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE OPPOSITE GENDER TO THE
SHAPES. THE TERM WAS FIRST USED BY THE FRENCH COUTURE DESIGNER
THE CARIBOU INUIT INVENTED THIS KIND OF
WEARER . I.E. WOMEN WEARING TIES,
CHRISTIAN DIOR AS THE LABEL FOR
GARMENT, ORIGINALLY MADE FROM CARIBOU
BROGUES AND OVERSIZED DRESS
HIS COLLECTION OF SPRING 1955.
OR SEAL SKIN, FOR HUNTING AND KAYAKING
SHIRTS.
THE A-LINE COLLECTION’S FEATURE ITEM, THEN THE “MOST WANTED SILHOUETTE IN PARIS.” CHARACTER-
IN THE FRIGID ARCTIC. SOME ANORAKS EVEN REQUIRE REGULAR COATING WITH FISH OIL TO RETAIN THEIR WATER RESISTANCE.
IZED BY NARROW SHOULDERS AND A SMOOTH, TRUMPETLIKE FLARE TOWARD THE HEM.
A-LINE
ANDROGYNOUS 1
BANDANA
ASYMMETRIC
BAGS
BAGS AN ASYMMETRIC DESIGN IS A GAR-
BAGS COME IN ALL SHAPES AND SIZES. MADE
A PIECE OF FABRIC WORN AROUND
MENT IN WHICH ONE SIDE IS LONG
FROM LEATHER, PLASTIC OR FABRIC; BAGS CAN
OR TIED AROUND THE HEAD OR THE
THAN THE OTHER. ASYMMETRIC CUTS
BE WORN OVER THE SHOULDER, ACROSS THE
NECK.
ARE COMMON IN NECKLINES, COL-
BODY, ON THE BACK OR CARRIED IN THE HAND.
THE WORD BANDANA IS THOUGHT
LARS AND HEMS.
ALTHOUGH LARGELY PRACTICAL BAGS HAVE EVOLVED INTO A FASHION STATEMENT ALL THEIR OWN - STEMMING INTO CLUTCHES, TOTES, SATCHELS, BACKPACKS, PURSES, SHOULDER BAGS, MESSENGER BAGS AND MANY MORE. DESIGNER BAGS ARE AN EASY ACCESSI-
TO COME FROM THE HINDI BANDHNU AND IN URDU BANDHNU MEANING A TIED, BOUND CLOTH. BANDANA CAN BE USED AS A BAG TYING THE ENDS. BANDANA WAS ALSO USED AS FLAGS.
BLE DESIGNER ITEM.
ASYMETRIC
BANDANA 2
C O LO R B LO C K I N G
BOUCLE
CHEMISE
CHEMISE WOVEN OR KNITTED FABRIC WITH
LOOSE FITTING DRESS THAT HANGS STRAIGHT
ORIGINALLY A TECHNIQUE WHERE
A LOOPED TEXTURE, POPULAR-
FROM THE SHOULDERS WITHOUT A DEFINED
BLOCKS OF FABRIC ARE SEWN TO-
IZED BY FASHION HOUSE CHANEL.
WAIST.
GETHER IN ONE GARMENT TO CREATE
IT IS ALSO CALLED A SHIFT DRESS AND IT IS A
CLOTHING WITH A FEW DIFFERENT
MODERN TYPE OF WOMEN’S UNDERGARMENT
SOLID COLOURS.
BOUCLE IS BOTH A YARN AND A FABRIC MADE FROM IT. ANY LOOPED YARN APPEARANCE BE-
OR DRESS.
SINCE COLOR-BLOCKING IS AN AB-
GAN BEING CALLED AS BOUCLE.
STRACT FORM OF ART, IT IS EASY TO CREATE ILLUSIONS FOR ACCENTUATING BODY SHAPES, MAKING PEOPLE LOOK TALLER AND THINNER.
BOUCLE
COLOR BLOCKING 3
FISHNET
DOLMAN SLEEVE
E PAU L E T T ES
E PA U L E T T E S SIMILAR TO BATWING, IT HAS A
A DECORATIVE SHOULDER ADORNMENT,
OPEN WEAVE KNIT, MORE OFTEN
LARGE ARMHOLE, EXTENDS FROM
USUALLY FOUND ON MILITARY UNIFORMS AND
ASSOCIATED WITH HOSIERY AND BE-
THE BODICE AND NARROWS AT
TRENCH COATS.
CAME A DEFINING FEATURE OF PUNK
THE CUFF.
TODAY, EPAULETTES HAVE MOSTLY BEEN
DOLMAN SLEEVES WERE VERY
REPLACED BY A FIVE-SIDED FLAP OF CLOTH
POPULAR IN LADIES CLOTHING
CALLED A SHOULDER BOARD, WHICH IS SEWN
DURING THE US CIVIL WAR.
INTO THE SHOULDER SEAM AND THE END BUT-
DRESS IN THE LATE 1970S.
TONED LIKE AN EPAULETTE.
DOLMAN SLEEVE
FISHNET 4
H A R E M PA N T S
GEOMETRIC
GINGHAM
GINGHAM DESIGNS BASED ON SIMPLE
A LIGHTWEIGHT COTTON CLOTH, USUALLY
LOOSE FITTING TROUSERS TIED OR
SHAPES SUCH AS THE CIRCLE,
CHECKED. TYPICALLY COMBINES WHITE WITH
GATHERED AT THE ANKLE. VERY POP-
SQUARE, TRIANGLE AND TRAPE-
RED, BLUE, OR GREEN.
ULAR IN TURKISH DRESS OR BELLY
ZOID.
DANCING. HAREM PANTS ARE ALSO CALLED HAREM SKIRTS.
GEOMETRIC
H A R E M PA N TS 5
JODHPURS
HEELS
IREDESCENT
IRIDESCENT AN ELEMENT CALLED A TOP PIECE
THE PROPERTY OF A FABRIC THAT APPEARS TO
TIGHT-FITTING TROUSERS WORN FOR
THAT IS ADDED TO THE REAR END
CHANGE COLOUR AS IT CATCHES THE LIGHT.
HORSE RIDING. NAMED AFTER THE
OF THE SOLE OF A SHOE, LIFTING
CITY WHERE THEY WERE ORIGINALLY
THE BACK OF THE SHOE FROM
MADE, THEY FEATURE A TIGHT FIT ON
THE GROUND.
THE LOWER LEGS BUT ARE FLARED ABOVE THE KNEE.
80 CRAFTSMEN WILL TOUCH ONE PAIR OF STUART WEITZMAN
JODHPURS ORIGINALLY COME FROM
HEELS DURING THE 6 TO 7 WEEKS
THE STYLE OF CHURIDAARS.
OF PRODUCTION TIME IT TAKES TO MAKE THEM.
HEELS
JODHPURS 6
LAPEL
KIMONO
L E G WA R M E R S
L E G WA R M E R S JAPANESE COAT LIKE GARMENT,
KNITTED FOOTLESS SOCKS, WORN BY BALLET
THE PART ON EACH SIDE OF A COAT
OBI SASH BELTED WITH LONG
DANCERS TO CONCEAL WARMTH DURING AND
OR JACKET IMMEDIATELY BELOW THE
WIDE RECTANGULAR SLEEVES,
AFTER EXERCISE. COME IN A WIDE RANGE OF
COLLAR WHICH IS FOLDED BACK ON
FABRICS USED ARE OFTEN LUXU-
COLORS.
EITHER SIDE OF THE FRONT OPENING.
RIOUS AND HIGHLY DECORATIVE. YUKATA IS ANOTHER IMPORTANT
THERE ARE THREE BASIC FORMS OF
TERM FOR KIMONO. THIS SPECIAL
LAPELS: NOTCHED, PEAKED, AND
KIMONO IS WORN DURING THE
SHAWL.
SUMMER SEASON. BOTH MEN AND WOMEN CAN WEAR IT.
KIMONO
LAPEL 7
NECKLINE
MACRAME
MEDWEAR
MEDWEAR KNOTTING TECHNIQUE POPULAR
ESSENTIALLY CLOTHING RELATED ITEMS USED
THE LINE FOLLOWED BY AN ARTICLE
IN HOME FURNISHINGS. BECAME
IN REGARD TO HEATH CARE. THIS WOULD
OF CLOTHING BELOW THE NECK.
ASSOCIATED WITH CLOTHING IN
INCLUDE CLOTHES, FOOTWEAR, HEAD COV-
THE 1960S AND HAS HAD SUB-
ERINGS, GLOVES, GOWN, ETC. MEDWEAR CAN
SEQUENT REBIRTHS SINCE THE
BE WORN BY PATIENTS OF MEDICAL INDUSTRY
NECKLINE ALSO REFERS TO THE
1990S MAINLY IN THE FORM OF
PROFESSIONALS.
OVERALL LINE BETWEEN ALL THE
HANDBAGS.
LAYERS OF CLOTHING AND THE NECK AND SHOULDERS OF A PERSON, IGNORING THE UNSEEN UNDERGARMENTS. CREW NECKLINE, V-SHAPED, DEEP V- NECKS, SNOOP NECK, DEEP SNOOP NECK AND BATEAU NECK ARE THE SIX COMMON TYPES NECKLINES THAT IS USUALLY SEEN AROUND.
MACRAME
NECKLINE 8
PEPLUM
OMBRE
OVERSIZED
OVERSIZED A GRADUAL CHANGE OF ONE
ENLARGED GARMENTS, SCALES ARE PLAYED
A SHORT FLARED, GATHERED OR
SHADE FROM DARK TO LIGHT. IN
WITH TO ALTER THE NATURAL SILHOUETTE OF
PLEATED STRIP OF FABRIC ATTACHED
FRENCH, IT MEANS SHADED OR
THE WEARER.
AT THE WAIST OF A WOMAN’S CLOTH-
SHADOW.
THERE IS LOTS OF SLOUCH, LOTS OF VOL-
THE FIRST RECORDED USE OF THE
UME AND FAR LESS STRUCTURE. SO-CALLED
WORD AS A DYING TECHNIQUE
PERFECT FIT GOES OUT THE WINDOW HERE
WAS IN 1841, BUT DIDN’T EVEN
BECAUSE SHOULDER SEAMS DROOP, WAISTS
ENTER THE OXFORD ENGLISH
ARE TOO WIDE, ARMHOLES AND TROUSER
DICTIONARY UNTIL 2005.
CROTCH POINTS HANG TOO LOW, AND SLEEVE
ING TO CREATE A HANGING FRILL.
LENGTHS ARE TOO LONG. THE LACK OF WAIST DEFINITION AND TAILORING IS NOT EVERYONE’S CUP OF TEA. IT LOOKS LIKE YOU SHOULD SIZE DOWN AT LEAST A COUPLE OF SIZES IN THESE ITEMS, YET THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO LOOK BOXY AND BAGGY.
OMBRE
PEPLUM 9
PONCHO
P L E AT S
POCKETS
POCKETS A FOLD OF DOUBLED FABRIC THAT
DESIGNER CLOTHES SOLD IN STANDARD SIZES
AN OUTER GARMENT COMPRISING A
IS SECURED IN PLACE.
RATHER THAN MADE TO MEASURE.
SINGLE SHEET OF FABRIC WITH AN
A PLEAT (OLDER PLAIT) IS A TYPE
THEY USE STANDARD PATTERNS, FACTORY
OF FOLD FORMED BY DOUBLING
EQUIPMENT, AND FASTER CONSTRUCTION
FABRIC BACK UPON ITSELF AND
TECHNIQUES TO KEEP COSTS LOW, COMPARED
SECURING IT IN PLACE. IT IS COM-
TO A CUSTOM-SEWN VERSION OF THE SAME
MONLY USED IN CLOTHING AND
ITEM.
OPENING FOR THE HEAD AND PERHAPS THE ARMS.
UPHOLSTERY TO GATHER A WIDE PIECE OF FABRIC TO A NARROWER CIRCUMFERENCE.
P L E AT S
PONCHO 01
Q U I LT E D
P R E T- A - P O R T E R
PULLOVER
P U L LOV E R DESIGNER CLOTHES SOLD IN
A GARMENT WHICH IS PUT ON BY BEING PULLED
PADDING TECHNIQUE ENCLOSING A
STANDARD SIZES RATHER THAN
OVER THE HEAD. SUCH AS A JUMPER OR SWEAT-
LAYER OF WADDING BETWEEN TWO
MADE TO MEASURE.
ER.
PIECES OF FABRIC, HELD IN PLACE BY
VARIOUS NECKLINES ARE FOUND, ALTHOUGH THEY USE STANDARD PATTERNS, FACTORY EQUIPMENT, AND FAST-
THE V-NECK, TURTLENECK AND THE CREW
SEWING A DIAMOND PATTERN OVER FABRICS.
NECK ARE THE MOST POPULAR.
ER CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES
THE HEMLINE IS TYPICALLY AT HIP HEIGHT OR
TO KEEP COSTS LOW, COMPARED
SLIGHTLY LONGER, JUST OVERLAPPING THE
TO A CUSTOM-SEWN VERSION OF
WAIST OF ONE’S PANTS OR SKIRT, BUT CAN
THE SAME ITEM.
VARY SIGNIFICANTLY.
P R E T- A - P O R T E R
Q U I LT E D 1
ROMPER
RACER BACK
RAGLAN SLEEVES
RAGLAN SLEEVES A FEATURE USUALLY IN VEST
THIS SLEEVE EXTENDS IN ONE PIECE FULLY
ALSO KNOWN AS ONE SIDE. IT IS
TOPS WHERE THE BACK IS CUT
TO THE COLLAR, LEAVING A DIAGONAL SEAM
A ONE PIECE GARMENT WORN BY
AWAY TO REVEAL THE WEARERS
FROM THE UNDERARM TO COLLARBONE, IT IS
CHILDREN. SOMEWHAT SIMILAR TO
SHOULDER BLADES. VERY POPU-
A COMFORTABLE FIT AND RELATIVELY EASY
A COVERALL. IT IS LOOSE FITTING
LAR IN SPORTSWEAR FOR BOTH
CONSTRUCTION.
AND USUALLY HAS SHORTER LEGS.
MEN AND WOMEN.
THE RAGLAN SLEEVE WAS INVENTED BY COAT
ROMPERS APPEARED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN THE EARLY
RACERBACK IS AN ARTICLE OF
PRODUCER AQUASCUTUM FOR LORD RAGLAN
CLOTHING WITH A “T” SHAPED
TO ALLOW HIM ROOM TO USE HIS SWORD IN
BACK BEHIND THE SHOULDER
BATTLE. IT GAVE GREATER MOVEMENT TO THE
THEY WERE POPULAR AS PLAYWEAR
BLADES TO ALLOW EASE OF
WEARER, INSTEAD OF THE USUAL SLEEVE HEAD
FOR YOUNGER CHILDREN BECAUSE
MOVEMENT IN SPORTS. IT DOES
WHICH WAS PREFIXED.
PEOPLE THOUGHT THEY WERE IDEAL
NOT ALWAYS LOOK EXACTLY LIKE
1900S.
FOR MOVEMENT.
A “T”.
RACER BACK
ROMPER 21
TA N K T O P
SHAPEWEAR
STOLE
S TO L E TIGHT FITTING GARMENT INTEND-
A BAND OF CLOTH OR A SHAWL WORN AROUND
A SLEEVELESS T-SHIRT WORN BY
ED TO CONTROL AND SHAPE
THE SHOULDERS AND LEFT TO FALL DOWN
BOTH MEN AND WOMEN.
THE FIGURE. IT CAN ALSO BE
THE BODY FRONT. SUCH AS A MINK OR FOX-FUR
AN UNDERGARMENT DESIGNED
STOLE.
TEMPORARILY TO ALTER WEARER’S BODYSHAPE. GARMENT NIPS AND TUCKS THE BODY. TYPICAL
A TANK TOP CONSISTS OF A SLEEVELESS SHIRT WITH LOW NECK AND
THE STOLE IS A LITURGICAL VESTMENT OF VARI-
DIFFERENT SHOULDER STRAPS
OUS CHRISTIAN DENOMINATIONS.
WIDTH. IT IS NAMED AFTER TANK
SHAPEWEAR GARMENT IS MADE
A PRIEST’S SILK VESTMENT WORN OVER THE
FROM SPANDEX AND NYLON.
SHOULDERS AND HANGING DOWN TO THE KNEE
THIS IS GREAT FOR THE WINTER
OR BELOW.
SUITS, ONE-PIECE BATHING SUITS OF THE 1920S WORN INTANKS OR SWIMMING POOLS. THE UPPER GARMENT IS WORN COMMONLY BY BOTH MEN
MONTHS, IN SUMMER MONTHS,
AND WOMEN.
ONE NEEDS THE SHAPEWEAR THAT INCLUDE MICROFIBER FOR ODOUR CONTROL AND COTTON FOR MOISTURE ABSORPTION AND BREATH-ABILITY. SHAPEWEAR
TA N K TO P 31
T R E N C H C O AT
T O P H AT
TEA LENGTH
TEA LENGTH A TALL, FLAT CROWNED, BROAD
A DRESS OR GOWN THAT EXTENDS TO THE END
A DOUBLE BREASTED, LOOSE BELTED
BRIMMED HAT.
OF THE SHIN.
KNEE-LENGTH RAINCOAT MADE OF WATERPROOF HEAVY-DUSTY COTTON
LONDON BLACK TAXIES ARE MADE
DRILL OR POPLIN.
TALL SO THAT A GENTLEMAN CAN RIDE IN THEM WITHOUT TAKING
THOMAS BURBERRY INVENTED THE
OFF A TOP HAT.
FABRIC GABARDINE, WHICH IS THE BASIC AND TRADITIONAL MATERIAL OF THE CLASSICAL TRENCH COAT.
TO P H AT
T R E N C H C O AT 41
V- S H A P E D N E C K L I N E
TWIN SET
U N I TA R D
U N I TA R D A TALL, FLAT CROWNED, BROAD
A SKIN TIGHT GARMENT THAT COV-
A NECKLINE SHAPED OR CUT LIKE
BRIMMED HAT.
ERS THE BODY FROM THE NECK TO
LETTER “V”, WHERE IT DERIVED ITS
THE WRISTS AND THE ANKLES.
NAME.
LONDON BLACK TAXIES ARE MADE TALL SO THAT A GENTLEMAN CAN
A SKINTIGHT, ONE-PIECE GARMENT
RIDE IN THEM WITHOUT TAKING
WITH LONG LEGS AND SOMETIMES
OFF A TOP HAT.
LONG SLEEVES, USUALLY STOPPING AT THE WRISTS AND ANKLES. IT DIFFERS FROM A LEOTARD IN THAT A LEOTARD DOES NOT HAVE LONG LEGS. THE GARMENT CAN BE CONSIDERED A COMBINATION OF A LEOTARD AND TIGHTS.
TWIN SET
V-SHAPED NECKLINE 51
W E L L- F I T T E D
W A I S T C O AT
W E AV E
W E AV E A SLEEVELESS, UPP ER-BODY GARMENT CUT AT WAIST LEVEL WITH A VERTICAL, BUTTON-FASTENED FRONT OPENING WORN OVER A DRESS SHIRT AND
THE PATTERN OF INTERLINKING
FORM FITTING GARMENT IS AN
THREADS OR YARNS CALLED THE
ARTICLE OF CLOTHING THAT TIGHTLY
WRAP AND WEFT CREATED DURING
FOLLOWS THE CONTOURS OF THE
THE CLOTH PRODUCTION PROCESS
PART OF THE BODY BEING COVERED.
ON A LOOM.
MOSTLY WORN BY FEMALES AND A
UNDERNEATH A SUIT JACKET OF A
POPULAR FEATURE OF THE WESTERN
THREE-PIECE SUIT.
SOCIETY. THE MATERIAL USED IS SYNTHETIC FIBRE FOR PROVINDING EXTRA SUPPORT WHEN PULLED TIGHT. THE FIRST KNOWN USE OF IT WAS IN 1897.
WA I S T C O AT
W E L L- F I T T E D 61
ZIPPER PULL
WIDE LEG
YOKE
YO K E REFERS TO A TYPE OR STYLE USU-
A FABRIC CUT THAT IS SEAMED
REFERS TO A METAL ACCESSORY
ALLY ASSOCIATED WITH JEANS
ACROSS THE TOP OF A SHIRT, TROU-
THAT ALLOWS FOR THE OPENING
WHERE THE ENTIRE LEG PORTION
SER, OR SKIRT.
OF A ZIPPER; USUALLY IN VARIOUS
IS EXTRA WIDE. WIDE LEG PANTS
SHAPED AND SIZES.
ARE DESIGNED WITH A WIDER FIT AROUND THE HIP, THIGH, KNEE AND HEM, WHICH HELPS TO BALANCE OUT CURVY HIPS.
WIDE LEG
ZIPPER PULL 71
ADITI BHATNAGAR
PALAK SRIVASTAVA
ROOPKATHA GHOSH
SUBODH SEN
81
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CREDITS
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