1. Clothes and your Appearance Chapter2 Understanding Fashions By Ms. Haushalter

2. Terms to Know  Fashion The particular style of clothing that is popular at a given time.  Fad Something new that is popular for only a short time.  Classic A style that stays in fashion for a long time.

3. What are these examples of?

4.  Style Type of garment that has specific characteristics that make it unique.  Fashion Trend The direction in which a particular change or fashion is moving.  Fashion Cycle The return of specific styles and shapes  Trendsetter A person who takes the lead or set an example

5. The Fashion Cycle 1 Style Introduced 2 Worn by Trendsetters 3 Peak of Popularity 4 Popularity Declines 5 Style Disappears

6. Example of a Fashion Cycle 19552003

7.  Societies Groups of people living and working together.  Culture The beliefs and customs of a particular racial, religious, or social groups.  Custom A tradition or practice that has been handed down from one generation to the next. Thailand's Karen Padaung Tribe

8.  Technology The manner of accomplishing a task using current technical methods or knowledge.  Economics How a society chooses to produce, distribute, and consume its good and services.

9.  Ready-to-wear clothing made in factories in standard sizes.  Haute Couture a French phrase for high fashion. Couture means dressmaking, sewing, or needlework and haute means elegant or high, so the two combined imply excellent artistry with the fashioning of garments