A word for clothes, shoes, accessories?

Question

I'm looking for a word that applies to all the things a person can wear, e.g. clothes, shoes, accessories, etc. It musn't be too generic, e.g. product, item, etc.

Answer 1

These all fall under the category of apparel, attire, or simply clothing.

Answer 2

I used to own a clothing store which carried all of the items listed in your question: The following descriptive terms, not already mentioned, are appropiate:

1. Threads
2. Wearables
3. Wears or Wear: mentioned above but can be prefixed by specific category: Mens, Womens, Kids, Sports, Night, Day, ie. Menswear or used more generally like:
4. Outerwear
5. Textiles
6. Garments

Also appropiate:

1. Couture

Although originally associated with custom or expensive fashion, it has become a more generalized term.

Origin:

French in origin, from Old French cousture sewing, from Vulgar Latin consutura, from Latin consutus, past participle of consuere to sew together, from com- + suere to sew —
From: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/couture

Hope this helps!

Marcelous

Answer 3

Clothing is quite adequate. For alternatives that are standard and fun, though maybe pretentious, consider:

• Garb. Has connotations of a particularly stylized sort of clothing, but may be used to describe any clothing from "monkish garb" to "kids in combat garb". Similar to gear, but more general.
• Furnishings. It includes any article of dress, be it clothing, footwear, haberdashery or accessories. I recall it most commonly used in context as "men's furnishings" but not exclusively.
• Accoutrement or accoutrements. Plural is better. While seemingly French, it is accepted English language usage, see here.
• Trappings. Refers to any sort of clothing and equipment combination whether a costume or military outfit. Includes clothes, footware, jewelry, insignia, sashes, scarves and hosiery.

Answer 4

I've heard the term rig. It encompasses a person's whole look from head to toe. Sometimes a person's rig can determine their place on the social food chain.

Answer 5

The possible answers could be Apparel, garment or simply you can say dress.

Answer 6

Another word that has not been mentioned is duds.

Answer 7

Since we're all pitching in, I like habiliments. It can mean clothes in general, but also specialized clothing and gear.

http://www.wordnik.com/words/habiliment

Answer 8

I've heard people use the word gear as well, which means clothes and accessories.

(Clothing & Fashion) Informal up-to-date clothes and accessories, esp those bought by young people.

- As stated here.

Answer 9

When referring to the combination of items someone is wearing, I'd go with outfit.

a set of usually matching or harmonious garments and accessories worn together; coordinated costume; ensemble: a new spring outfit.

Answer 10

You could say wear. (Although not a common term for describing articles of attire in general, it's technically correct for what you want.)

Among many other definitions of the word, there's this one:

wear (noun): clothing, especially of a particular kind or for a particular use. Often used in combination, e.g.: rainwear; footwear; underwear; activewear; formalwear; eveningwear.

Answer 11

Maybe you can try to use garments or wardrobe or closet stuff