- fabric count: in the textile industry refers to the number of lengthwise (warp) and crosswise (filling) yarns in a square inch of woven fabric. Expressed by writing the number of warps then the number of fillings (e.g., 72 x64)
- faille: fabric with a flat-ribbed effect running crosswise that is flatter and less pronounced than grosgrain
- fan: a hand-held instrument for creating a breeze
- fashion: a sociocultural phenomenon in which a preference is shared by a large number of people for a particular style that last for a relatively short time, and then is replaced by another style
- fashion calendar: general term for a schedule for the current year that indicates the market weeks or dates when the desginers' or manufacturers' new lines may be seen by buyers
- fashion cycle: the lifespan of a fashion product or of an overall fashion trend consisting of three stages: beginning, when it is first adopted; peak, when it reaches the greatest popularity; and decline, when its popularity is decreasing
- Fashion Group International, The: an international professional association of those who work in fashion manufacturing, marketing, retailing, communication, and education. Founded in 1931 with Mary Brooks Picken as the first president
- fashion trend: direction in which styles, colors, fabrics, and designs are tending to change
- faux: French for false or counterfeit, imitation
- felt: nonwoven fabric made of compressing wool and hair fibers with heat and steam into a sheet form
- festoon: garlands of flowers, brad, or other decorative trimmings arranged in loops
- fibula: pin or brooch shaped like a long straight stiletto, or hinged like a safety pin
- finish: any of a number of chemical or mechanical processes that affect the appearance, hand, or performance of textile fibers, yarns, or fabrics
- flapper dress: short-skirted unfitted, long torso dress first worn in the late 1920s and revived in the 1960s and 1990s
- fleece: wool sheared from the sheep usually taken off in one piece
- flocking: short lengths of fiber that are used in printing designs on fabrics or to cover the surface of a fabric to create surface texture
- flounce: piece of materials either circular and bias-cut or straight-cut and gather. Used on skirts of dress, usually at hem, single or in series
- footwear: outermost covering for the foot that serves to protect the foot but frequently is also a decorative element of the costume
- Balmoral: basic style of oxford with the tongue cut in a separate piece from the vamp of the shoes and joined with stitching across the vamp
- ballerina shoe: a soft, low kid shoe with thin sole and flat heel
- Beatle boot: ankle-high boot with pointed toe and side gores of elastic styled for men
- brogue: heavy walking shoe, a type of oxford, originally made for men that usually has a wing tip decorated with heavy perforations and pinkings
- clog: leather-soled overshoes with instep straps generally matching the shoe
- cowboy boot: high-heeled dip-top calf-high boot of highly ornate tooled or appliqued leather
- crampons: iron plate with spikes on the bottom that fasten onto shoes or boots so as to facilitate walking
- d'Orsay pump: pump with closed heel and toe, cut down to the sole at the sides, leaving shank bare
- Dutchman: triangular wedge placed between insole and outsole of shoe to improve posture of wearer
- French heel: high heel that curves inward at the back then flares slightly outward at the base
- loafer: slip-on shoe of moccasin-type construction with a slotted strap stitched to the vamp
- Louis heel: heel of medium height curved sharply inward around side and back, and flared slightly at base
- lug sole: shoe or boot sole with rubber ridges or cleat to provide extra traction
- mule: high-heeled slipper or shoe with vamp but no back often made of fancy leathers and fabrics
- platform shoe: shoe with thick mid-sole, usually made of cork and covered so the wearer appears taller
- pump: slip-on shoe with low-cut, rounded, or v-shaped throat
- shank: the narrow part of th shoe under the arch of the foot between the heel and the ball of the foot
- vamp: front part of shoe, covering toes and instep
- wedge heel: slated heel made in one piece with the sole of the shoe
- welt: narrow piece of leather stitched to the shoe upper lining and insole before being attached to the outsole. A method of shoe construction that permits shoe to be resoled
- frill: narrow piece of fabric or lace gathered to form a ruffle and attached as trimming to a dress or blouse
- froufrou dress: daytime dress of 18070 made with low-necked bodice and worn under a short muslin tunic
- fur: pelt of an animal, raw or processes, with the hair attached-differentiated from leather which is tanned without the hair. Best or prime pelts are secured in the coldest time of the year with the exception of beaver, a water animal, where water is coldest in easrly speing from melting snow
- beaver
- black fox
- blue fox
- cheetah
- chinchilla
- fox
- gray fox
- lamb
- leopard
- lynx
- mink
- Persian lamb
- rabbit
- raccoon
- sable
- shearling
