Fashion

Question 1

What is fashion?

Answer 1

• the style accepted by a specific group of people at a given time and place

Question 2

What has mass production enabled?

Answer 2

• made fashion available to the masses
• at affordable prices

Question 3

Why have the changes in fashion become rapid?

Answer 3

• increase in prosperity
• advent of machines to speed up garment construction

Question 4

What is the biggest influence in fashion?

Answer 4

• the international shows held by the world’s most famous designers twice a year

Question 5

What else largely influences fashion?

Answer 5

• celebrities

Question 6

What is the fashion cycle?

Answer 6

• the rise, wide popularity and decline in acceptance of a style

Question 7

What are the stages that all fashions pass through?

Answer 7

1. The introductory/innovation stage/launch/beginning
2. Growth/rise stage
3. Maturity/peak stage
4. Decline stage
5. Obsolescence stage

Question 8

What happens in the introductory stage of the fashion cycle?

Answer 8

• fashion is first introduced
• prices of these goods is high
• because of initial production costs
• and exclusivity of the product

Question 9

What happens in the growth stage of the fashion cycle?

Answer 9

• more people start wearing the fashion
• still fairly expensive
• available in clothing boutiques
• in small numbers in some chain stores

Question 10

What happens in the peak stage of the fashion cycle?

Answer 10

• many people are accepting and wearing the fashion
• mass produced
• cheaper
• widely available

Question 11

What happens in the decline stage of the fashion cycle?

Answer 11

• people become bored
• fewer people wear the fashion
• interest in the fashion is waning
• prices are reduced
• discounts are offered
• sale items

Question 12

What happens in the obsolescence stage?

Answer 12

• now “out of fashion”
• fashion disappears
• cycle is complete

Question 13

What are the types of fashion depicted in the fashion cycle:

Answer 13

• classic
• fad
• standard fashion

Question 14

What are the characteristics of classic fashion?

Answer 14

• continuing or lasting
• timeless and meet the needs of many
• styles, colours and fabrics that remain popular over a long period

Question 15

What are the characteristics of fad fashion?

Answer 15

• do not make a lasting impression on fashion trends
• often used in accessories
• very short lifecycle
• high demand but last a short time
• flashy, poorly designed, easily available, extreme

Question 17

What are the characteristics of standard fashion?

Answer 17

• these trends start, grow, evolve and decline gradually
• features change slightly from one season to the next
• minimal but constant change in silhouettes
• last between 2 and 3 years

Question 18

What is the relationship between style and fashion?

Answer 18

• fashion is based on a specific style
• style only remains ‘fashion’ as long as it is accepted and worn by many
• often generally accepted