Class activity, Worksheet: Fashion Cycle

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1.  Fashions that are introduced and expected to sell but that are not accepted by consumers
A. Decline
B. Flops
C. Fashion
D. Peak(Maturity)

2.. Styles that are popular for a brief period of time
A. Fashion
B. Short-run fashions
C. Long-run fashions
D. Recurring fashions

3. The ongoing introduction, rise, peak, and decline, and obsolescence in popularity of specific styles and shapes
A. Trendsetter
B. Fashion cycle
C. Introduction
D. Obsolescence

4. Styles which have been in fashion at one time, gone out of fashion, and come back on fashion again
A. Fashion
B. Short-run fashions
C. Recurring fashions
D. Long-run fashions

5 True/False Questions

1. Trendsetters who have the credibility and confidence to wear new fashions and influence the acceptance of new trends → Fashion Followers
○ True
○ False

2. The few "fashion forward" men, women and young people that lead the way in fashion → Introduction
○ True
○ False

3. The assumption that fashion trends start among the young or lower income groups and move upward to older or higher income groups → Trickledown theory
○ True
○ False

4. Styles that take a long time to complete the fashion cycle → Short-run fashions
○ True
○ False

5.Styles that continue to be popular over an extended period of time even though fashion changes; styles that remain in fashion year after year
A. Classics
B. Flops
C. Fashion
D. Obsolescence

5 Written Questions

  1. Those who accept and wear fashion only after it become acceptable to the majority

  2. The first stage of the fashion cycle when new styles, colors, textures; and fabrics are introduced

  3. A design copied from a more expensive original

  4. Ongoing change in what is considered fashionable
  5. The assumption that fashion moves horizontally through groups at similar social levels from fashion leaders to fashion followers

 

 

Matching Questions

1.      Fads

A. The fifth stage of the fashion cycle when the style is rejected, is undesirable, no longer worn or produced

2.      Obsolescence

B. The fourth stage of the fashion cycle when the market is saturated and popularity decreases

3.      Peak(Maturity)

C. The second stage of the fashion cycle when consumer interest grows and the fashion becomes more accepted

4.      Rise(Growth)

D. The third stage of the fashion cycle during which a style is at its height of popularity

5.      Decline

E. Temporary, passing fashions that appeal to many people for a short time; gain and lose popularity quickly

 

7 April 2025, 9:23 AM