fabricoften
Fabricoften is a neologism used in fashion design and textile analysis to describe the tendency to reuse particular fabrics across a designer’s seasonal collections. The term blends fabric with often, signaling the frequency with which a fabric appears in garments. It is used as a simple metric to summarize fabric repetition within a collection or across multiple collections.
Origins and usage context: The term emerged in the early 2020s in fashion blogs, design-to-manufacturing discussions,
Definition and measurement: A fabricoften score for a given fabric is typically calculated as the proportion
Interpretation and applications: A high fabricoften value indicates fabric repetition and may reflect design strategy, supply
Limitations and considerations: Fabricoften does not account for fabric weight, color, finish, or performance, and results