Fashion Lingo and Designer Talk

By: Allen Wright

When looking for plus size clothing, it's important to know how to describe what you're looking for with more than just a color-and-size approach. I equate that to shopping for a car and asking for a red one with four wheels. In both scenarios, you never know what you're going to get and you're likely never going to get exactly what you're looking for. That means you're never going to be happy with your clothes, either.



This goes just as much for real-world shopping as it does for online shopping. The difference in online shopping is that you're reading descriptions and searching using descriptive words, and in person you're speaking with a sales person. The result is the same. If you can't feed a search engine meaningful, descriptive terms to tell it what you're looking for you're not going to find it. And I can repeat that sentence with the words "sales person" instead of "search engine" and it is just as true.



So that's great, but it begs the question "How do I describe what I want"? Simple. Educate yourself. The first thing you need to do is pick up a fashion magazine every once in a while and thumb through ha few articles. I guarantee you there won't be any in-depth, head scratching, brow furling material in there that will be over your head. But you will be able to see a piece of clothing and read how a professional describes it. You then file that away for future use. Easy, right? Now repeat that one thousand times and you'll have a fashion and design repertoire unmatched in these 50 states.



Next, do some research online by searching for fashion terminology in Google, Yahoo, MSN Live, or any of your favorite search engines. Learn about different cuts, hemlines, sleeves, necklines, and waists. You'll find that in addition to "blue dress" there is an almost infinite combination of different styles to pick from. And the only way you're going to be able to find them is to learn a new language.



Luckily for you this new-found knowledge comes with the benefit of making you sound savvy, and allowing you to communicate with fashion aficionados, sales people, and marketers everywhere. And let's be honest, isn't it just a little bit fun to know more about an outfit than the person that's trying to sell it to you? I know, it's not polite. But it sure is fun.

Author Resource:-> Allen provides information about plus size dresses at his website on finding plus size dresses.

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