fashion industry
Garment trade world
The fashion industry encompasses the businesses involved in designing, manufacturing, marketing, and selling clothing, footwear, and accessories.
It ranges from haute couture and luxury brands to fast fashion and mass-market retailers.
The term often implies the cultural ecosystem surrounding style—designers, models, magazines, runway shows, and trend forecasting: She's been working in the fashion industry for twenty years.
- haute coutureCustom luxury dressmaking
- runway showDesigner collection debut event
- ready to wearPre-made in standard sizes
- tailoringCustom clothing adjustment
- advertisingPaid promotional communication
upcycling · weaving · embroidery · mass production · garment workers · circular economy · merchandising · sample sale · supply chain management · textile design · sweatshops · trend forecasting · carbon footprint reduction · ethical sourcing · textile mills · dyeing · draping · transparency initiatives
- creative economyart market, publishing, galleries, auction houses, streaming services
- fashionclothing, apparel, attire, garment, garments
- industriesbusiness, factories, education, health, supply chain
- ItalyRome, Venice, Milan, Florence, Naples
- mass culturepop culture, popular culture, mass media, mass communication, entertainment
- Cultural Industriescreative industries, arts funding, media, publishing, broadcasting
fashion industryheavy industry
Capital-intensive manufacturing sector
defense industry · mining industry · petroleum industry · steel industry · industrial manufacturing
fashion industryagriculture
Cultivation of land, livestock
heavy industry · mining · food production · infrastructure · healthcare industry