What is the fashion cycle An ongoing rise

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What is the fashion cycle? An ongoing rise, peak, and fall in popularity of

What is the fashion cycle? An ongoing rise, peak, and fall in popularity of specific styles Every style rotates through the cycle Fashion good- colors, textiles, and fabrics Products, cars, etc. Increases in popularity New style introduced Everyone’s wearing it now Decreases in popularity Discarded

Fashion cycle Bell shaped curve Peak Rise Introduction Decline/Satura tion Obsolescence

Fashion cycle Bell shaped curve Peak Rise Introduction Decline/Satura tion Obsolescence

Introduction • “unusual” intro • Accepted by a small number of people • Fashion

Introduction • “unusual” intro • Accepted by a small number of people • Fashion leaders • Small quantities bought

RISE • Consumer interest grows Rise • Manufacturers copy or adopt main features in

RISE • Consumer interest grows Rise • Manufacturers copy or adopt main features in less expensive materials • Mass production+ decrease in price= MORE SALES

PEAK Peak • Culmination stage or plateau • Height of popularity/accepted by almost everyone

PEAK Peak • Culmination stage or plateau • Height of popularity/accepted by almost everyone • No particular time in this stage • Extended if updates, adding details/design, or color change • Retailers will persuade public their version is best

DECLINE / SATURATION • Style is overused, dull/boring Decline/Saturati on • Retailers mark down

DECLINE / SATURATION • Style is overused, dull/boring Decline/Saturati on • Retailers mark down price • Stop making it • Declines usually faster than its rise

OBSOLESCENCE • End of the fashion stage • Totally undesired Obsolescence • Rejected by

OBSOLESCENCE • End of the fashion stage • Totally undesired Obsolescence • Rejected by almost everyone • Style fades completely

Length of cycles Speed varies within each fashion ( months-years) Long-run fashions: take a

Length of cycles Speed varies within each fashion ( months-years) Long-run fashions: take a long time to complete the cycle (classics) Short-run fashions: popular for short period of time (fads) Tire of them fast and cycle ends abruptly Manufactures copy and are inexpensive Which category’s fashion changes the fastest? Women Children Teens Men