Styling Confidence Vocabulary Study Set

Comprehensive vocabulary flashcards covering garment terminology, structural design, fit principles, color theory, and textile behaviors from the Styling Confidence study guide.

Discover (Framework Step)

The initial step in the Styling Confidence teaching sequence where you ask what the person wants clothing to do, where they wear it, what feels comfortable, and what they already enjoy.

Observe (Framework Step)

The teaching sequence step of describing fit, garment lines, fabric movement, color relationships, and proportion without labeling the body as a problem.

Experiment (Framework Step)

The teaching sequence step of changing one element at a time (such as rise, hem, neckline, or shoe) and comparing the outfit before and after to make the effect visible.

Proportion

The dimensional relationships between garment and body features, such as shoulder to hip, torso to leg, garment length to body length, and volume to volume.

Fit

The relationship between the garment and the person during real movement.

Silhouette

The overall outline or shape of a garment or outfit.

Wearing Ease

The amount of space built into a garment to give necessary room for physical movement.

Design Ease

The intentional extra space built into a garment to create a specific silhouette or shape.

Negative Ease

A condition in stretch garments where the garment measurement is smaller than the body measurement and relies on stretch to fit.

A-line

A silhouette or garment outline that widens gradually from a narrower upper area toward the hem.

Fit and Flare

A garment silhouette that combines a fitted upper section with a wider, flaring skirt.

Structure

The quality of a garment holding an intentional shape or outline through fabric weight, seams, interfacing, or tailoring.

Drape

The manner in which fabric hangs, moves, and flows over a form.

Crew Neckline

A rounded neckline that sits close to the base of the neck.

Scoop Neckline

A wide, lower rounded neckline opening.

Boat Neckline

A high, wide neckline that extends horizontally across the collarbone toward the shoulders.

Set-in Sleeve

A sleeve constructed to attach at a circular armhole seam directly around the shoulder.

Raglan Sleeve

A sleeve designed with seams extending diagonally from the underarm continuously up to the neckline.

Dolman Sleeve

A sleeve featuring a deep armhole, often cut as a continuous piece with the bodice fabric.

Sheath Dress

A dress style that generally follows the curves of the body with a defined shape.

Shift Dress

A dress style that generally hangs freely from the shoulders without contouring the waist.

Empire Waist

A garment waistline or seam line positioned raised directly below the bust.

Godet

An inserted wedge of fabric that adds fullness, volume, or flare to a skirt or garment hem.

Rise

The vertical dimension on trousers measured through the crotch seam up to the waistband.

Inseam

The inner leg measurement of trousers from the crotch seam down to the hem edge.

Outseam

The total outer leg measurement of trousers running from the top of the waistband down to the hem edge.

Selvedge

A woven fabric's self-finished edge that prevents fraying and unravelling.

Yoke

A shaped upper garment section or panel, commonly positioned across the shoulders of a shirt or back hips of jeans.

Fiber

The fundamental raw material (natural or synthetic) manufactured or spun to produce textile yarns.

Yarn

A continuous strand composed of twisted or grouped fibers used in weaving or knitting fabric.

Hand

The physical tactile sensation and feel of a fabric when touched or manipulated.

Opacity

The degree to which a fabric blocks light and prevents forms or colors beneath it from showing through.

Recovery

The ability of a stretch fabric or textile to snap back to its original shape after being extended.

Hue

The specific family or identity of a color (such as red, blue, or yellow).

Value

The relative lightness or darkness of a color.

Chroma

The measurement of color intensity, purity, or saturation within a color system.

Monochromatic

An outfit or color pairing that utilizes variations in value, chroma, or texture within a single hue family.

Analogous Colors

Colors situated adjacent to one another on a traditional color wheel.

Sister Sizes

Bra sizes across different band sizes that retain an equivalent cup volume by adjusting band and cup letters inversely.

Seam Allowance

The strip of fabric located between the line of stitching and the raw outer edge of the fabric piece.

Dart

A stitched fold of fabric tapered to a point, used to shape flat fabric to the three-dimensional curves of a body.

Facing

A shaped fabric piece stitched to an edge opening (such as a neckline) and turned inside to clean-finish raw edges.

Interfacing

A stiffening textile layer applied inside components like collars, cuffs, and waistbands to provide structural support.

Interlining

An additional fabric layer inserted between the outer shell fabric and internal lining for extra functions like insulation.

Anchor Garment

The main, foundational clothing piece selected first during outfit construction, around which secondary items are built.

Cost per Wear

A practical financial metric estimated using the formula: $\text{Cost per Wear} = \frac{\text{Total Cost}}{\text{Actual Wears}}$.

Capsule Wardrobe

A streamlined, highly interchangeable collection of clothing items curated for a specific context, season, or purpose.