History of Fashion
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What is the main difference between fashion, apparel, and costume?

  • Fashion is more than just clothing; apparel refers to clothing for a specific use; costume is a multi-faceted word
  • Fashion is a social process; apparel refers to actual garments; costume reflects aesthetics, art, and design trends
  • Fashion reflects aesthetics, art, and design trends; apparel refers to actual garments; costume is clothing for specific use (correct)
  • Fashion refers to clothing for specific use; apparel reflects aesthetics, art, and design trends; costume refers to actual garments
  • What does fashion represent beyond just clothing?

  • Only the newly introduced styles or trends
  • Wider spectrum of aesthetics, art, and design trends in contemporary society (correct)
  • Historical clothing for specific occasions
  • Fabric, knits, leather, or other wearable materials
  • What is apparel specifically referring to?

  • Actual garments made of fabric, knits, leather, or other wearable materials (correct)
  • Ritual or performance clothing
  • Historical and ethnic clothing
  • Clothing for specific use within a specific context of occasion and time
  • What does the term 'costume' primarily refer to?

    <p>Clothing for a specific use within a specific context of occasion and time</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is fashion in simple terms according to the text?

    <p>A social process by which newly introduced styles or trends become popular in a certain time with acceptability by a wider cross-section of consumers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the term 'fashion' encompass beyond just clothing?

    <p>Aesthetics, art, and design trends</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In the context of fashion, what does 'apparel' specifically refer to?

    <p>Actual garments made of fabric, knits, leather, or other wearable materials</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How is 'costume' derived and what does it primarily refer to?

    <p>Derived from word custom; refers to clothing for specific use within a specific context of occasion and time</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the essential characteristic of fashion as a social process?

    <p>Newly introduced styles or trends becoming popular in a certain time with acceptability by a wider cross-section of consumers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does understanding the history of clothing facilitate the understanding of contemporary fashion?

    <p>By providing insights into the origin and evolutionary process of fashion</p> Signup and view all the answers

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