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| What does "ready to wear" mean? |
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| Clothes that are manufactured in factories to standard sizes. |
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| What does the term Couture mean? |
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| Exclusive designer styles that are custom made for the person. |
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| Secondary lines of well known designers.Less expensive than couture. |
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| What merchandise department does the term "better" refer to? |
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| A higher priced department store line. Priced below a bridge department. |
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| What is moderate merchandise? |
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| Moderately priced, often brand name,lower priced than "better" |
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| What is budget merchandise? |
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| The lowest priced product, found in discount stores. |
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| The designers or manufacturers specific seasonal presentation. |
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| A symbol that represents a person,firm or organization. |
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| A legal arrangement whereby manufacturers are granted the right to produce products bearing a famous name. |
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| Stealing design ideas without permission. |
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| What are the two primary fashion design centers in the U.S.? |
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| What are the three most important foreign fashion design centers? |
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| Do other countries in South America,Asia and Europe have fashion design centers? |
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| What is the trade organization for fashion designers? |
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| The CFDA, Council of Fashion Designers of America. |
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| Where is apparel production located? |
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| What are the three basic competitive approaches? |
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| low cost source,differentiation,narrow market niche |
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| What are the 6 fashion seasons? |
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| Spring,Summer, Transitional (Fall 1), Fall 2, Holiday,Resort |
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| What is a garment district? |
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| The area of a city where most of the apparel companies are located. |
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| Making a pattern into the complete range of sizes |
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| The layout of pattern pieces |
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| A factory set up where each person sews only one part of the garment |
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| What are the raw materials used in apparel production? |
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| Checking and testing garments against a standard to catch defects and problems |
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| any work,name or logo used to distinguish a company.It is illegal to use another companies trademark. |
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| A space where manufacturers show their products to buyers. |
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| What is sales forecasting? |
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| Predicting how much of each item will be sold. |
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| A financial accounting period,usually 6 months or a year. |
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| What method of transportation is most commonly used to ship apparel products? |
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