Do you know designers?

Avant-garde

• A charge for attending a major show
• Advanced; ahead of the times.

Collection

• A seasonal offering of a designer’s clothing.
• The outline of a garment.

Boutique

• A retail establishment that offers a limited variety of merchandise.
• A small shop that specializes in fashionable ready-to-wear apparel and accessories.

Couteriere

• The French term for a male designer, dressmaker, or business engaged in designing, making, and selling original styles.
• The French term for a female designer, dressmaker, or business engaged in designing, making, and selling original styles

Designer originals

• Extremely expensive garments created by fashion designers.
• Fashionable, expensive clothing created by a designer for mass production.

Fashion followers

• Person who wants to be seen as attractive and up to date; usually follows the examples set by so-called fashion leaders.
• Person who wears the very latest and most talked about fashion items.

Designer ready-to-wear

• Fashionable, expensive clothing created by a designer for mass production.
• Reasonably priced rtw women’s clothing.

Haute Couture

• A term applied to garments that are designed, fitted, and handmade for a particular customer, according to his or her specification. 
• A French term meaning “high (quality) sewing”; 

Bridge Apparel

• A category of fashionable women’s apparel that falls between sportswear and designer clothing.
• Reasonably priced rtw women’s clothing.

Pret-a-porter

• Fashions that involve multiple garments such as a jacket, blouse or skirt, and turtleneck.
• The french term for ready-to-wear.