Emerson Treder - Unit 4: Fashion Centers Review Sheet PDF

Unit 4: Fashion Centers Review Sheet Test: Friday 1/3 10 t/f, 10 m/c, 10 matching, 2 short answer 1. Haute couture is: (include what country it is from) french term for high fashion, which is expensive,...

Unit 4: Fashion Centers Review Sheet Test: Friday 1/3 10 t/f, 10 m/c, 10 matching, 2 short answer 1. Haute couture is: (include what country it is from) french term for high fashion, which is expensive, trend-setting, custom-made apparel (France) 2. 3. The center of the U.S. fashion industry is: New York City 4. What shift happened in Japanese women after WW2? Got influenced/ adopted styles by french fashion 5. NYC Fashion Week is held during what times of the year? September and february 6. Are people more or less connected in today’s technological world? Explain. More connected 7. What are examples of celebrities showing how culture affects fashion? Madonna wearing a traditional kimono in her music video 8. The ready to wear fashion center in Italy is… pret-a-porter 9. Describe the LA fashion district It is a regional buying center which has lots of bargains and cheaper fashion in bigger buildings or marts The design center of LA houses the largest connection of fashion-related businesses in the western United States 10. Manufacturers produce their new selections of apparel based on what? What is trending 11. How are buying centers and design centers different? Design centers are a district in a city where fashion design and production firms are clustered together creativity Buying centers are a central district in where fashion businesses sell products to retail buyers 12. The fashion center of the world is _Paris____________ and it has been associated with fashion since____the 1700s_________________.  13. Milan’s fashion industry began: With making leather goods 14. NYC became a major fashion design center after: WW2 15. This southern American city is home to the largest wholesale merchandise resources. Chicago 16. The Miami Merchandise Mart is known for: Known for its moderately priced sports-wear 17. The risks manufacturers take when global sourcing items is: increases business risks due to economic and political factors -production of clothing is global -changes in customer taste indirectly affect production jobs around the world 18. Many fashion trends begin: On the street (streetwear fashion) 19. Briefly describe the Nehru jacket (and include its origins) Nehru jacket: the nehru jacket is a hip-length tailored coat for men or women, with a mandarin collar, and with its front modeled on the Indian achkan or sherwani, a garment worn by Jawaharlal Nehru, the Prime Minister of India from 1947 to 1964 20. What is the Fashion Walk of Fame? a commemorative sidewalk on Seventh Avenue that celebrates the fashion designers who established New York City as a world fashion capital 21. Definitions to know: a. Mart a building that houses thousands of showrooms for a specific merchandise category (a larger regional center may have several building clusters, or marts) b. Fashion week periods during each year when fashion designers present new designs or collections (September, February) c. Global sourcing the identifying and negotiating of supply chains in numerous world locations d. Couturiers professional fashion designers, involved in designing, making, and selling high-fashion  e. Culture the system of shared beliefs, values, customs, behaviors, and artifacts attributed to members of a specific society f. New York Fashion International a program formed to address the needs of companies interested in exporting goods and promotes the new york design market internationally g. Chicago Apparel Center the midwestern buying center with more than 300 wholesale showrooms for apparel and accessories located in the chicago merchandise mart 22. List the international design centers and why they are important Paris, new york, milan, and tokyo and are important to create experiences that are equally usable, relevant, and meaningful across the globe to amplify the voices of global users. 23. How does culture and everyday people influence fashion? It lets people share beliefs, ideas, and designs in fashion across the world