Fashion

Fashion is a changing system of clothing, adornment, and associated practices through which people express taste and social identity. It spreads through imitation, distinction, commerce, and cultural change.

Trickle-down theory of fashion: A theory that styles spread from higher-status groups to lower-status groups through imitation. It explains how status competition can carry a look through social groups.
Charles Frederick Worth: An English-born designer in Paris who established the modern couture house in the nineteenth century. His house helped make the designer a recognized authority over seasonal styles.
Coco Chanel: A French fashion designer whose work helped popularize modern, functional womenswear in the twentieth century. Her designs challenged restrictive conventions and became enduring symbols of modern style.
Fashion design: The practice of developing clothing, accessories, and related products for aesthetic and functional use. Design translates cultural references and material constraints into wearable forms.
Fast fashion: A business model that rapidly produces inexpensive clothing in response to changing trends. It intensifies fashion’s pace while concentrating concerns about waste and labor.
Trickle-up theory of fashion: A theory that styles originating in subcultures or lower-status groups can be adopted by the fashion industry and wider society. It captures the reverse flow, when street styles enter designer collections.
Rose Bertin: A French dressmaker who served Marie Antoinette and became a prominent figure in eighteenth-century Parisian fashion. Her influence shows how court dressmaking could shape fashion beyond the wearer.
Christian Dior: A French fashion designer whose 1947 collection introduced a silhouette later called the New Look. His postwar designs made dramatic femininity a global fashion story.
Fashion industry: The network of businesses and workers that design, produce, distribute, and sell fashion goods. Its institutions turn changing styles into products and livelihoods.
Sustainable fashion: Approaches to clothing design and production intended to reduce environmental and social harm. It offers alternatives to resource-intensive production and rapid disposal.

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