2.03 Merchandise Buying

2. Styles that are accepted and used by a particular group of people at a given time.
9. The area in a fashion center where most of the apparel companies are located.
10. A design copied from a more expensive garment.
11. Distinct retail selling periods in fashion marketing.
12. A collection of styles offered by a manufacturer or designer.
14. French term for female high fashion designer.
15. One who creates or adapts clothing and accessory designs for manufacturers, retailers, or individual clients.
16. One who designs by changing or adapting designs of others.
20. An independent designer who sells sketches to manufacturers.
21. High fashion clothing created by designers.
22. French term for ready-to-wear.
23. French term for male high fashion designer.

1. Apparel mass produced in factories to standard size measurements.
3. The total merchandise in a designer’s or apparel manufacturer’s seasonal presentation.
4. French trade association for couture designers.
5. The name for the high fashion industry in Italy.
6. The name for the high fashion designer industry of France; high fashion, individually designed, original garments.
7. A legal arrangement granting a manufacturer the exclusive right to produce and market goods that bear the name of a famous person.\
8. Items of the very latest or newest fashions.
13. Merchandise developed for a given store and displaying that store’s label.
17. The most daring and wild designs.
18. Trade newspaper covering all aspects of the women’s fashion industries.
19. Stealing design ideas.