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A Guide to Fashion Forecasting - Fairchild Books

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Preface xv<br />

Acknowledgments xix<br />

About the Forecasters xxi<br />

PART I The PRIncIPles oF<br />

FAshIon FoRecAsTIng<br />

1 IntroductIon <strong>to</strong><br />

FashIon ForecastIng 5<br />

objectives 5<br />

What Is <strong>Fashion</strong> <strong>Forecasting</strong>? 7<br />

Terminology of <strong>Fashion</strong> 9<br />

Why Forecast <strong>Fashion</strong>? 10<br />

Who Forecasts <strong>Fashion</strong>? 12<br />

Where Do Forecasters Find<br />

Their Information? 17<br />

When Do Forecasters Find<br />

<strong>Fashion</strong> Ideas? 23<br />

how Is <strong>Forecasting</strong> Done? 25<br />

example of a <strong>Fashion</strong> Forecast 28<br />

<strong>Forecasting</strong> services 28<br />

career opportunities 31<br />

summary 34<br />

Key Terms 34<br />

Activities 35<br />

actIvIty 1. current FashIon<br />

InFormatIon and essay 35<br />

actIvIty 2. style.com assIgnment 35<br />

actIvIty 3. FashIon ForecastIng<br />

servIces research 35<br />

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