Napoleon collar

High turn down collar with broad stirrup. Uniforms of the late 18th and early 19th century acted as a model.

Naturals

Natural colours

Needle pull pattern

Knitwear pattern with slightly transparent vertical rips, which is created by suspending one or more needles of a knitting machine.

New wool

The term "new wool" is exclusively used for wool qualities, which come directly from shearing without intermixture. Only this quality is rewarded by the International Wool Secretariat with the woolmark and the description "Pure new wool". Pure new wool adjusts to temperatures, cooling in the summer, and warming in the winter.

Nile green

Medium plant green with a light hint of yellow

Non-Colours

Black, white, grey, and the entire range of mud colours

Off white

Broken, not pure white

Office fashion

This refers to the clothing, which is correct for wearing at the office

Outdoor

Weather resistant clothing for outside

Over jacket

Casually cut men’s jacket for wearing on top

Parka

Casual long jacket with a draw cord in waist and seam, often with hood.

Pashmina

Combination from finest cashmere with silk. The term Pashmina is derived from the word “Pashm“. The Pashmina shawl is a stole, which is softer, lighter, and warmer than comparable qualities from pure cashmere.

Patina

Term for an aged look

Patten pocket

Slit pocket, which is covered by a flap

Pepper and Salt pattern

Classic colour woven design in black/white or grey/white with small diagonal step pattern

Persian lamb

Curly fur of young lamb of the Karakul lamb

Petrol

Blue-green shade

Pilot shirt

Slim, tight-fitting man’s shirt with sewn-on pockets and shoulder epaulettes

Piqué

Fabric or knitwear with fine or prominent honeycomb structure

Placed print

Print motif at a certain place of a garment

Plush

Slipover shirt with short button tape. Mainly from knitwear

Prime colours

Clear strong colours, also called flag colours: yellow, red, blue, green

PU (Polyurethane)

Coating of fabrics and knitwear, making them relatively weatherproof as a result

Pullunder

Sleeveless sweater, under which blouses or shirts are worn

Pure-Look

Markedly simple style, pure shapes and materials

Purple

The purple dye can be produced from some snail types from the species Murex, which are at home in the Mediterranean. The secreted liquid changes its colour in the sunlight first to green, then dark violet and later violet blue, which it then maintains.

Raglan sleeve

The shoulder curve is part of the sleeve shape. The sleeve inset seam runs diagonally from the sleeve hole to the neck

Retro-Style

A style, which orientates itself on the fashion of days gone by.

Retro-Sport look

Traditional clothing of originally European sports have inspired this style.

Reversible

Can be worn on both sides

Rips

Fabric with prominent diagonal rip pattern

Saddle skirt

Skirt with tight-fitting hip part

Safari style

Style, which orientates itself on the uniforms of former colonial officers and officials. Typical are the belted long jackets with four large sewn-on pockets at the front. The style can be applied to jackets, shirts, and dresses.

Safety pocket

Inside pocket in overcoats or jackets with Velcro, button, or zip fastening.

Satin

Smooth fabric from staple fibre threads in warp atlas thread with quietly shining optics. A sophisticated weaving technique makes it possible to give this valuable fabric two different sides: one completely smooth, preciously shining, which is normally used on the outside, and another one, which is more mat, somewhat more irregular.

Second-hand look

Fashion, which looks as if it had been worn for a long time. Mainly from cotton, but possible also from other raw materials and mixtures.

Semi transparency

Dense and transparent places change in the outfit or in the pattern.

Shirt

Classic: short-sleeved shirt from Jersey with round neck. Today, this term includes Jersey shirts with the most different neck and sleeve variations.

Silk

Endless animal fibre made from the cocoon of the silkmoth. The fibre is very light and soft, very tear resistant, temperature balancing, absorbent, antistatic, and shows noble luster.

Skater trousers

Wide casual trousers from robust materials, which are worn when skateboarding

Spice colours

Colours of the spice range such as Saffron, Paprika, Cinnamon, or Curry

Sportswear

Sporty casual leisure clothing, which strongly follows sports fashion

Tailleurs

Term for slim, figure hugging feminine suits

Tankini

Just waist length, tight fitting shirt with thin straps from bathing suit fabrics

Techno Cotton

Mixed fabric from cotton and Polyamide or Polyester. The advantage is in its care: this fabric dries faster than pure cotton.

Terracotta

Fashion term for light warm colours, such as natural coloured ceramic

Trekking style

Clothing in the style of functional mountaineering clothing from extremely hardwearing fabrics; with many practical details such as pockets and eyelets.