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CHEVRON A 'V' design created by woven contrasting colored V design or printed V design. Designers often create a chevron design by cutting a stripe on the bias.
CHIC A word to describe someone with style and elegance in coordinated apparel, accessories, hair styling, and facial cosmetics. Of French origin.
CHINESE KNOT Ornamental knot used as a button, with accompa¬nying loop for a decorative closure.
CHOKER Termo used for necklaces that fit at base and upwards of neck. May be one or several strands.
CLASSIC Styles or designs that remain in use over a long period. Fashion that has been accepted for an extended period of time and/or has returned to the fashion cycle periodically. Examples include: shirtwaist dresses, pumps, blazers, trenchcoats, cardigans.
CLOSURES/CLOSINGS Method of fastening apparel or accessory openings. Button The use of an object with holes for thread, sewn to material and then put through a buttonhole or loop to close.
D-Ring A double ring through which fabric or other material is threaded and overlapped to firmly close.
Frog A decorative closure using a Chinese button/ball and closed with a loop of cording. Also called "Chinese knot."
Gripper/Snap The use of metal fasteners of various sizes, with one protruding center that fits into the hole of the other metal side to close. Larger sizes are usually referred to as grippers. Commonly used in infant clothing and outerwear.
Hook/Eye The use of a metal hook, attached to one side of the opening and fitting around the metal or thread bar on the other side of the opening.
Laced Tie The use of cord, string, lace, or narrow leather strips to thread through holes and then tied in crisscross fashion to close. Most common use in shoes.
Loop A length of narrow fabric or cording folded over and secured at ends, forming an opening that secures a button closing.
Sash/Tie The use of rectangular fabric to wrap around area to close. Usually secured by a knot. Commonly used to close a wraparound garment such as a skirt, coat, or robe.
Toggle Rectangular object of wood or plastic, used as a button for a closure.
Velcro A woven nylon tape of tiny, interlocking loops that fasten by placing one side of the tape onto the other. First used in space vehicles. Astronauts applied this to the bottoms of their boots to enable them to be attached to one place while in a no gravity atmosphere. A popular closure with much use in children’s wear, shoes, clothing for the elderly, disabled, as well as the fully abled.
Zipper A closure apparatus using "teeth" to interlock and close an opening. Formerly of metal, now of metal or a light weight nylon. First used as apparel closures by Molyneux in the 1930's to close his famous tube jacket.
COAT Outerwear apparel, worn for warmth. Of various lengths, designs, silhouettes, and details. The Alba was first worn as an outer wrap in 1000 A.D. The Cotehardie, a significant clothing innovation of early 1100's, was the first true coat. The women's Cotehardie had a fitted top and long gored/flared skirt, with inset sleeves. The men's were similar in style but thigh length. Both were fastened with buttons. Men's coats retained this general style, with additions of collars and lapels. The coat gradually became long, even ankle length. Women wore capes or mantles with hoods in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, graduating to full length ornamental wraps, often sleeveless and then to full capes. During the elegance of the French Louis kings, women wore variations of the overcloke: wraps, capes, and short jackets over their decorative dress. The coats of the late 1800's and early 1900's followed the full figured dress forms of that era, with huge dolman sleeves. Evening wraps of the 1920's were as flamboyant as the period. Molyneux created a bulky, fullfronted day coat in the 1930's with large collars, lapels, and sleeves, generally midcalf length. By the 1940's a general stability in style was obtained. Variations in general use today are fitted, straight or full (swing back) silhouette, buttoned or wrapped, with varying hem lengths and design details, and include:
All-weather Typically a raincoat with water repellant properties, and a zip in/out lining for additional warmth.
Car/Pea/Stadium Hip/thigh length coat, originally of nautical origin. Single or double-breasted. More casual in appearance.
Chesterfield Single- or double breasted, somewhat fitted coat, characterized by a black velvet or velveteen collar. Introduced in England in the 1860's, originally with a fur collar. Named for the Earl of Chesterfield.
Cocoon Wrap-type coat with narrow silhouette, dolman sleeves. Extends to center front with rounded neck and center front hem.
Cutaway .originated in the 1840's as a man's frock coat. A fitted, waist length front, and long back tails. Now a formal/tuxedo-type coat for men for special occasions.
Double-breasted Coat with overlapping front and a double line of buttons to close front.
Duster A loose, unfitted, lightweight coat of various fabrics such as silk, linen, cotton, or blends of fibers.
Overcoat A man's coat, of various styles, worn as outerwear.
Polo A classic styled, notched collar wrap coat and fabric sash/belt.
Princess Woman's coat of the princess line, with long, fitted vertical panels. Single- or double-breasted.
Reefer A classic-styled, semi-fitted coat, usually single-breasted with larger lapels.
Single-breasted Coat with a single line of buttons to close the front.
Tent/Swingback Woman's coat with considerable lower flare or fullness. The swingback has additional back fullnesslflare.
Topcoa Synonymous for overcoat, often more fashion forward.
Trenchcoat Classic-styled raincoat adapted from World World I military coat, with raglan sleeves, epaulets, belted, with a military look.
COLLAR Decorative piece, detach¬able or permanently attached to neck¬line of apparel.
Band Narrow, rectangular collar that is attached at the neckline and extends upward. Sometimes referred to as a stand-up-collar.
Bertha A wide, shoulder covering collar having a V-opening at the center front.
Bishop Extra large collar, rounded in front. Bow Fabric attached to neckline of garment with ends extending and tied in the form of a bow to close. Buttondown Classic, shirt collar with collar points buttoned to shirt front.
Convertible A classic shirt collar, usually in more casual design, to be worn buttoned with a tie, or unbut¬toned and casual.
Cowl A large drape, sewn to bodice of garment, that lays in folds at the neckline. Mandarin/Chinese/Oriental A banded collar noted by a center front separation.
Middy/Sailor From nautical. A long square back and tie front collar. Can also be attached in reverse. Often with middy braid sewn on for a decorative edging.
Peter Pan Two round-edged, flat collars, separated at center front. Pierrot 1. Small, rounded double collar, often lace trimmed. Originated in the 1850's. 2. A short, fitted female jacket with ruffled peplum in back, from the 1700's.
Puritan/Pilgrim From early Pilgrim apparel. Large, rounded collar ending in center front points.
Shawl Collar and lapel combined in a single, folded front opening.
Shirt Classic, turned down shirt col¬lar ending in points near center front. Spread Shirt collar with collar points spread farther apart than classic shirt collar.
Turtle A high, banded collar that fits the neck and rolls back on itself. Wing Tip/Tuxedo Narrow band col¬lar at back and sides, and front-pointed tips folded down.
COLLECTION Term used to describe a designer or manufacturer's new apparel designs for the season. see Line.
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