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
- Those who accept and wear fashion
only after it become acceptable to the majority
- The first stage of the fashion
cycle when new styles, colors, textures; and fabrics are introduced
- A design copied from a more
expensive original
- Ongoing change in what is considered fashionable
- 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 |