Monthly Archives: January 2008
Jobs / Careers in Apparel, A-C
MODIFIED 1/26/08 – Abercrombie & Fitch (careers link at bottom of page) – adidas – Belk department stores – Big Lots! – Bloomingdale’s – Burlington Coat Factory – Cabela’s (sporting goods, but also men’s & women’s clothing and shoes) – … Continue reading
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Bespoke vs. Made-to-Measure
Bespoke is usually a British English term for tailored clothing made at a customer’s behest, and exactly to the customer’s specification. Bespoke clothing is created without use of a pre-existing pattern, differentiating it from “made-to-measure,” which alters a standard-sized pattern … Continue reading
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Social Status – Colors – Haute Couture
In many societies, people of high rank reserve special items of clothing or decoration for themselves as symbols of their social status. In ancient times, only Roman senators could wear garments dyed with Tyrian purple; only high-ranking Hawaiian chiefs could … Continue reading
