The Glossary of Fashion

A

• Assembly

B

• Batch Production
• Biodegradable

C

• Carbon Footprint
• Certifications
• Chemical Management
• Circular Fashion
• Color Fastness
• Compliance Audit
• Cutting

D

• Dyeing

E

• Ethical Manufacturing

F

• Fabric GSM (Grams per Square Meter)
• Fair Trade
• Fashion Design
• Fast Fashion
• Finishing

G

• Greenwashing

H

I

J

• Just-In-Time (JIT) Production

K

• Knitting

L

• Labor Practices
• Lead Time
• Lean Manufacturing

M

• Minimum Order Quantity (MOQ)

N

• Non-woven

O

• Organic Cotton
• Outsourcing

P

• Pattern Making
• Printing

Q

• Quality Control (QC)

R

• Recycled Materials

S

• Sample Making
• Seam Strength
• Sewing
• SKU (Stock Keeping Unit)
• Sourcing
• Supply Chain
• Supply Chain Transparency
• Sustainability Report
• Sustainable Fashion

T

• Tech Pack
• Tensile Strength
• Textile Recycling
• Textiles

U

V

• Vendor Compliance
• Vertical Integration

W

• Water Usage
• Weaving

X

Y

• Yarn Count

Z

• Zero Waste