Glossary
Accessories
Items that enhance the aesthetic appeal or function of a garment including belts, scarves, bows, pins or other objects.
Adhesive Synthetic resins, such as polyamides, polyesters and/ or bond layers of fabric together
Appliqué
Emblems, cut fabric shapes, figures or motifs that are superimposed and sewn or fused to
garment components.
Art-silk Early name for fabrics made from synthetic fibers, usually rayon.
Badaam Almond, A textile term for elliptical shaped motif.
Bandhani A kind of tie and dye work( popular in Rajasthan and Gujarat)
Bias Any direction in the fabric which does not exactly flow in the direction of the weft yarn (vertical yarns) or warp yarns (horizontal yarns) of a fabric. A true bias makes an angle of 45 degree across the length and width of a fabric, fabric cut on a bias has maximum stretch.
Brand name A word, term or logo used for identification.
Brocade Figured textiles with the patterning woven in supplementary, usually discontinuous, weft threads.
Buta Large, usually floral or foliate motifs created in corners and end pieces of sari .
Buti Small, usually floral motifs created as a repeat against a plain ground.
Design A specific or unique version of a style; the innovation aspect of product development.
Draping Draping means to hang or to adorn the body form with loose fabric, and to obtain a body fitted garment by using adequate sewing techniques.
Dupatta Veil worn with salwar kameez.
Embroidery An art form that uses close or overlapping stitches to form intricate, three-dimensional surface designs to embellish piece goods, trims, or garments.
Fad Short lived fashion are called fad; They seldom have any lasting Impact on future fashion. They are briefly and suddenly seen everywhere and just as suddenly they vanish.
Fashion A continuing process of change in the styles of dress that are accepted and followed by a large segment of the public at any particular time.
Fashion change Changes in color, styling, fabrication, silhouettes and performance to reflect fashion trends.
Fashion Forecast To predict of foretell future fashion tread for a specific period of time.
Finishing Processes required to give a garment its final appearance; thread trimming, wet processing, garment dyeing and final pressing.
First pattern Original paper pattern created from the designer’s sketch, draft,or drape, and specifications.
Frey Threads which come out from the fabric during handling.
Ghaghra Full-gathered sewn skirt worn by nomadic and other ethnic groups in western India.
Kamdani Embroidery using fine zari.
Haute Couture Hi-Fashion garments .It’s extravagant, it’s Unique and it’s totally unaffordable.
Hue Shades and degrees of color.
Lahenga Skirt or lower wrap.
Laheriya Waves, Striped tie-dye pattern.
Meenakari Inlay or enameling .Supplementary colored silks woven onto a golden ground.
Ornamental stitching Stitching on a single ply for decorative purposes.
Ply Single strand of yarn; single layer of fabric.
Resham Persian-derived word for silk.
Salwar Baggy trousers usually worn with a kameez, traditionally by western Indian Muslims but now by many urban young women of all religions.
Screen printing Process of applying a dye or pigment paste through a mesh stencil to produce a surface design.
Seam A series of stitches used to join two or more pieces of material together.
Zardosi Embroidery using zari, both muka and kamdani.
Zari Gold-wrapped thread, usually a core silk or cotton thread .
 
Trims

Trims are material used to ornament or enhance garments. They are visible parts of garments that may be used to increase hanger appeal, provide product differentiation, relate to current fashion trends, and carry a theme through an entire collection.
Piping – Piping is a covered cord that forms a raised edge along seams.
Laces- Laces are often used to trim necklines and sleeves, particularly of sleepwear, infant and toddler dresses.
Embroidery, appliqué and screen printing are applied to garment piece goods, garment components and trims to create special visual and textural appeal.
 
Lining material

Cotton and rayon are used in lining because of their hand and absorbency. Cotton lining is most often a fashion fabric used as part of a component or to match shell fabric.
 
Fibers

Chiffon- A plain weave, filmy, fine silk singles. They are highly twisted with a thread count of about 43 warp/43 weft per centimeter.
Georgette : A fine, transparent plain-weave silk crepe with a lower thread count than chiffon about 40 weft/40 warp per centimeter.
Man-made fibers- Fibers created artificially, either reconstituted from cellulose (rayon) or completed synthetic (such as acrylic and polyester).
Muslin-Fine, sheer, often transparent cotton fabric.
Organdy-Light, fine, transparent, plain- weave cotton muslin with a permanent crisp finish.
Organza-A fine, transparent, stiff plain-weave silk or rayon fabric.
Raw Silk- Under gummed silk; where the sericin has not been removed from the filaments.
Silk- Natural fiber produced by silk worms.
Synthetic fibers- Those fibers created from chemicals based on oil or coal residues, which are extruded through tiny dies to create long continuous filaments. The most well known are nylon, acrylic and polyester.
Crepe- A textile wherein all or some warp and/or weft threads are given a high twist, in the same or alternating directions consequently, they ‘retwist’ onto themselves when not under tension, giving a crimped texture to the
finished fabric.