Product Description

An invaluable tool for anyone who wants to know more about fashion and the fashion business, retail store buyers and merchandise managers, or merchandisers and designers working for apparel manufacturers, Fashion: From Concept to Consumer tells the entire story of how the fashion business works. It includes the processes involved with producing raw materials, apparel, and accessories, as well as the retail businesses that sell fashion merchandise to the public. Each chapter contains a career focus, chapter objectives, review questions, terminology, and projects to aid in reviewing the subject matter. This edition includes new information on globalization, manufacturing technologies, branding, retailing and more!

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #20725 in Books
• Published on: 2007-10-07
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 496 pages

From the Publisher
Organized according to the design and marketing processes in the fashion industry, this textbook offers complete coverage on product processes and global influences on the evolution of the entire fashion industry. Lively reading material is enhanced with the author's unique anecdotes from her professional experience.

From the Back Cover

9^th Edition

FASHION From Concept to Consumer 

By Gini Stephens Frings

 

 New and updated information in all four parts and 190 illustrations:

 

 

Fashion Fundamentals:

·         Changing U.S. demographics

·         New developments in globalization, sourcing, imports, and quota elimination

·         The newest trade agreements

·         Latest technological advances in garment and textile production, fashion business communications, E-commerce, database marketing, and merchandise information systems

·         New resources for color and design

·         New information on fashion forecasting and market research

·         Updates on fashion services, web sites, and publications

 

Textiles:

·         Newest high-tech fiber development including PLA, spider silk, and casein

·         Trends in textile product development, production, and marketing

·         Nano-technology and "Smart" or "Performance" fabrics

·         New statistics and technical information

·         New marketing strategies

·         Garment packages and imports

·         New information on trims

 

Manufacturing:

·         Newest information on designers and international fashion centers

·         New designer profiles

·         The changing role of manufacturing

·         Product data management systems

·         Update on global sourcing and imports

·         Brand extensions and acquisitions

·         New information on accessory product development and marketing

·         New information on trade shows, updates on locations and timing of markets

·         Runway vs. showroom

·         Manufacturer/retailer relationships 

 

Retailing:

·         New information on categories, store ownership, and organization

·         New information on shopping center categories

·         Consolidations and acquisitions

·         Global expansion

·         Retailers as manufacturers

·         National brands vs. private label

·         New retail marketing focus

·         Store planning and design

·         Newest trends in retail marketing

Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.

The purpose of this book is to tell the whole story of how the fashion business works, in sequential order from concept to consumer. The fashion business is a series of buying supplies, creating and developing a new product, and marketing the product. The fashion business includes all the processes involved with producing raw materials, apparel, and accessories and the retail stores that sell fashion merchandise to the public. It is important for executives in the fashion industry to know how all of these processes interrelate.

Fashion designers and merchandisers who work for manufacturers must work with textile producers to develop fabrics that they need for their apparel and accessories. Manufacturers must also understand the importance of selling on the retail level. Retail fashion buyers should understand how garments and accessories are designed so that they can be creative merchandisers and make wise buying decisions. They may also have to develop products and source production themselves for private-label merchandise.

Part One concentrates on fashion fundamentals. Chapter 1 traces the development of fashion and the fashion industry as a background to understanding today's business. Chapter 2 shows how consumer demand affects fashion marketing. Chapter 3 explains fashion change and consumer acceptance. Chapter 4 covers market research, fashion analysis, and design resources, information needed by everyone in the fashion business.

Part Two covers the development, production, and marketing of raw materials, including textiles, trimmings, leather, and fur—the supplies needed for fashion manufacturing.

Part Three discusses international fashion centers and traces the fashion manufacturing process from design and merchandising development through production and sales to retailers.

Part Four covers retailing: types of retail organizations, merchandising—the buying and selling process, and marketing.

Each chapter contains a career focus, chapter objectives, review questions, terminology, and projects to aid in reviewing the subject matter. The appendices contain information on career guidelines and a glossary of fashion terminology.

Just as the fashion industry has changed dramatically over the last 20 years, each edition of Fashion From Concept to Consumer changes with it. As the industry has become more marketing oriented, so has this book. As the industry has seen a tremendous growth in men's wear and accessories, this book too has much more information on men's wear and accessories. As computer technology has changed how fashion is produced and distributed, the book describes applications in every area. Fashion explains the changes in relationships between levels of the industry; how manufacturers have become retailers and retailers have become manufacturers. Fashion From Concept to Consumer describes how these major changes have affected every aspect of the fashion business.

This book completely tells the story of the fashion business and is a valuable tool for any introductory course in fashion: Introduction to Fashion Design, Introduction to the Fashion Industry or Manufacturing, Introduction to Fashion Merchandising or Retailing, or Introduction to the Fashion Business. There is also important information for textile marketing, apparel manufacturing, accessory design, production and marketing, and advertising and promotion. This is a text for specialists as well as for those who are taking only a single course in fashion. In fact, it will interest anyone who wants to know more about fashion and the fashion business.

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Customer Reviews

Want To Understand The Fashion Biz?!
"From Concept to Consumer" is the first book I recommend to people who are truly interested in the business of fashion. Even though the book is a textbook it is an easy and fast read. One of the best features of this book is the sequential order format. The author takes you step by step through the development of the fashion process BEFORE a single garment is made by briefly describing fashion forcasting, research, color, fabric and trend analysis. The next process explains how raw materials for fabrics are chosen, processed and produced into textiles. Learn about the marketing of these textiles on the international market and to major apparel manufacturers. All of this takes place before the designer even starts to design a collection! Take a look inside the channels of garment distribution and on to us the consumer. This book provides a realistic insiders view in to the industry which is often glamorized by high profile designers and media spokespeople. Folks the business of fashion is a solid industry just like any other and in my opinion even more interesting than all the fluff and the sizzle.

thoroughly covered material
I used this textbook in a college course called Survey of the Fashion Industry. The text covers all aspects of merchandising, with a strong focus on fashion design (entire chapters on textiles, etc). Good photos and lots of material!

great book
It's a great book.. I will definitley recommend to everyone who wants start your own fashion line...