REVIEW FOR OBJECTIVE 1.

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Directions: Use the word bank to help you complete the following statements.
Put the correct term(s) in the spaces provided to the left of the descriptions.
WORD BANK
Accessories
Apparel
Apparel manufacturing
Auxiliary
Consultants
Domestics
economy

Floor coverings
Forecasters
Fourth
Household industry
Impulse
Information
menswear

Promoters
Retail
Sportswear
Stable
Textiles
Window treatments
Womenswear

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fourth

1. The fashion industry is the _____ leading employer in the

U.S.

apparel

2. The _____ industry alone accounts for more than $20 billion
in annual sales and employs over 1 million people.

womenswear

3. _____ includes all apparel worn by females aged 14 and over.

menswear

4. _____ Includes all apparel for males aged 17 years and over.

sportswear

5. _____ is the fastest growing area in menswear.

stable

6. One of the more _____ divisions of the apparel industry is

infants and childrens.

Accessories

7. Articles that are added to complete or enhance outfits and to

extend the life of ones wardrobe is/are _____.

impulse

8. Accessories are viewed as _____ items that bring additional

revenues to fashion companies.

Household industry

9. The _____ accounts for 40% of all textile products and is

considered to be a steady market for consumer sales.

Floor coverings

10. Area, oriental, and throw rugs are _____.

Window treatments

11. The home furnishings industry includes slipcovers for

furniture, throw pillows, and _____.

domestics

12. Bed linens, towels, tablecloths, and napkins are _____.

textiles

13. _____ is the initial segment in the fashion process and

includes fiber and yarn production.

Apparel manufacturing

14. The _____ segment produces finished garments and

accessories.

retail

15. The _____ segment includes selling merchandise directly to

the consumer.

auxiliary

16. The _____ segment works and supports the other three
segments.

Consultants, forecasters

17. _____ include researchers and _____ who provide

information about colors and other trends that are occurring
in the marketplace.
18. Advertisers are individuals who produce and disseminate the
latest fashion _____ by visiting fashion markets and
showings.
19. Models, modeling agencies, and photographers who show
fashions in fun and exciting ways are called _____.

information
promoters
economy

20. The fashion industry has a huge impact on the _____ and
creates jobs for many people.

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE APPAREL INDUSTRY

The fashion apparel industry contributes more than $20 billion in annual sales to our
economy and employs over 1 million people. Read the statements about the impact of
the fashion apparel industry on our economy. Identify the division it describes and place
the appropriate letter in the space provided.
A

Accessories

Menswear

Childrens/Infants Apparel

Womenswear

Answer
W

Accounts for more than 60% of all apparel sales.

Apparel for girls ages 3 through 13 and boys ages 3 through 16.

Articles added to complete or enhance outfits.

Becoming increasingly important to the economy.

Changes slowly but interest and demand continues to grow.

Employs hundreds of thousands of people in small family-owned

businesses to large multi-million dollar corporations.

Important in poor economic times to extend a customers wardrobe.

Includes all apparel worn by females aged 14 and over.

Includes sportswear as fastest growing segment.

Produces billions of dollars worth of merchandise every year in plants

throughout the world.

Viewed as impulse items that bring additional revenues to companies.