Clothing Classifications

Clothing Classifications

There have never been as many type of clothing as we see today. Variety in dress has resulted from changes in our habits and roles. We now have clothing for all occasions, all life-styles. Retail stores have seperate departments for each category of clothing.

Women's wear

Women's clothes have many classifications:- lingerie, dresses, evening clothes, suits, outer wear, and sports wear. There are also speciality categories, such as bridal dresses and maternity clothes. In addition, there is a huge array of accessories within the general categories of wraps, head coverings, handbags, and footwear.

Men's wear

There are now almost as many categories available to men as to women. Tailored clothing for men includes suits, overcoats, topcoats, sport coats, seperate trousers for both day and evening wear, shirts, sweaters, tops, socks, undergarments, robes and pyjamas.

Thus the consumer is an important determinant of what fashion is and what the industry produces. The fashion industry caters to powerful consumer groups because they have the most discretionary income.

So far we have learnt about clothing selection. Now we shall see the basics needed in clothing construction as a beginner.

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Clothing selection

In the past, most people bought new clothes only when a need arose, for a very special occasion, or because their old clothes worn out. The average person simply could not afford to buy more than the basic necessities. Today income is larger, people can buy new clothes rather frequently. Therefore buying motives have changed. we are able to buy clothes because we want or like them. Buying motives vary from consumer to consumer and from day to day. They include the desire to.