2. FASHION COLLECTION
๏ต One of the most recurrent terms when talking about the fashion industry is perhaps fashion collection.
๏ต New collections are released every season, with different themes, for different audiences.
๏ต Some pass through the big fashion catwalks, others go straight to store shelves.
๏ต But what is a fashion collection anyway?
๏ต The answer to this question is complex and involves several factors: creativity, marketing, trends, deadlines, and
many others.
๏ต For a collection to be coherent, creation methodologies are applied that help designers organize their creations.
3. What is a fashion collection and how does it work?
๏ต A collection is a collection or set of pieces of clothing and/or accessories that have some relationship with each other.
๏ต This relationship is usually centered on the chosen theme, which in turn is related to the consumerโs style and the image
of a particular brand.
๏ต The functioning of a collection and its principles are, in theory, very simple: it serves to introduce the fashion world to the
stylistโs ideas and concepts through their compositions, techniques, fabrics, colors, cuts, and other fundamental
elements of the pieces. with clothes.
๏ต Most collections, from the most sophisticated brands to those at an early stage, are generally composed of two types of
product:
๏ต the basic ones, which remain on sale for a longer time (more common in prรชt-ร -porter),
๏ต and the fashions, which have a shorter, often limited, sales period.
4. Types of fashion collections
๏ต Conceptual collections
๏ต The conceptual collections are intended to highlight the theme worked on, to
explore a concept, ideas, and other inspirations from the designer at the time of
conception of the work.
๏ต Because of this nature, no one necessarily โwearsโ the clothes displayed on the
catwalks.
๏ต The objective is that, from these pieces, others are created that capture the
spirit of the collection, but that meet the requirements of market wearability,
trends, and the preference of the collectionโs target audience.
5. ๏ต Commercial collections
๏ต Commercials, on the other hand, are those that are already created with
the aim of being sold.
๏ต That is, they do not focus on the conceptual stage, which is the
deepening of the chosen theme.
๏ต They only make use of studies of fashion trends to launch sets of
clothes and accessories that work on a certain theme and reach the
consumer quickly.
6. Conclusion
๏ต Creating a fashion collection is, in fact, a process that involves
numerous steps and must consider several factors โ trends,
expectations of the target audience, quantity of items in the collection, its
main theme, marketing approach, and many others.
๏ต Through these processes, however, it is possible to create collections
that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also profitable.
8. ๏ง It is an often articulated doll used by artists, tailors,
dressmakers, window dressers and others especially to
display or fit clothing.
๏ง The artificial dolls used by the retailers to display their
merchandise (can be anything) are called as
mannequins.
๏ง A mannequin are also called as manikin, dummy, lay
figure or dress form.
What is mannequin?
9. Purpose of Mannequins
โข Mannequins are used to highlight the unique collections of the store.
โข Mannequins display the latest trends in fashion and influence the customers to buy
the particular merchandise.
โข Mannequins attract the customers into the store and thus increase the revenue and
profit.
โข Mannequins are also responsible for up selling at the retail store
10. TYPES OF MANNEQUINS
There are mainly 5 types of mannequins they are as follows,
โข REALISTIC
โข SEMI-REALISTIC
โข ABSTRACT
โข SEMI-ABSTRACT
โข HEADLESS
11. REALISTIC MANNEQUIN
โข Realistic mannequins are maybe the real mannequins among different ranges of
mannequins.
โข They look more like human being.
โข The quality realistic mannequins must have the perfect wigs, fine and trendy
makeups, elegant poses, with all these points, sometimes you even could not
recognize that they are mannequins, and they do look as the super models on the
stage or the fashion weeks.
โข The natural flesh tone skin color is the most important of the realistic
mannequins which decides
whether it's really lifelike or not.
13. SEMI-REALISTIC
โขSimilar to realistic mannequins except that their make-up does not
have the same definition
โขThe entire figure from top to bottom can be all one colour, even grey
or purple.
โขHair may be part of the sculpture and cannot be replaced or restyled.
15. ABSTRACT MANNEQUIN
โข ABSTRACT MANNEQUINS is about the mannequins with the abstract
head.
โข Mainly for a mannequin factory, abstract head means NON-realistic
head which doesnโt have all the parts as a real person has.
โข It is also called as stylized mannequins.
โข Available in a multitude of poses and in various finishes (e.g., glossy
or matte), these stylish mannequins are the perfect backdrop for your
most eye-catching outfits and accessories.
17. SEMI-ABSTRACT MANNEQUIN
โข semi-abstract mannequin are even more stylized and decorative
than
the semi-realistic mannequin.
โข This type of mannequin is doll like and decorative and more
popular-priced than elegant in appeal.
19. HEADLESS MANNEQUIN
โข Headless mannequin is the most standard and most widely used in clothing
stores.
โข This kind of mannequin is more than perfect for stores or rooms with
limited space, given that they do not feature a head.
โข Due to that, these mannequins also donโt feature any facial characteristics,
therefore
they do not need any make-up or any wigs as well.
โข Headless mannequins come in both genders too; they feature all kinds of
poses.
