The Fashion Codex:Manual of Style
This Manual of Style (MoS or MOS) is the style manual for all English TFC articles (though provisions related to accessibility apply across the entire project, not just to articles). If any contradiction arises, this page has precedence. New content added to this page should directly address a persistently recurring style issue.
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Editors should write articles using straightforward, succinct, and easily understood language. All material in an article should be verifiable and preferably cited to reliable, secondary sources. Editors should structure articles with consistent, reader-friendly layouts and formatting, which are detailed in this guide). Where more than one style or format is acceptable under the MoS, one should be used consistently within an article and should not be changed without good reason. Edit warring over stylistic choices is unacceptable. Citations are to be formatted in either APA or Chicago style, including author-date referencing (i.e. APA style) for in-text citations.
Dates & Time
Full dates are to be formatted DD-MM-YYYY (e.g. 10 January 2025 or 10-01-2025; or where the year is omitted, use 10 January or 10-01; for month and year, write January 2025, with no comma). Calendar items, such as months, days of the week, and holidays, start with a capital letter (e.g. February, Tuesday). Seasons are in lower case (e.g. the last summer collection; for the winter looks; spring items), except in personifications or in proper names for periods or events (e.g. Fall/Winter 2025). Decades are written with no apostrophe (e.g. the 1970s). Dates in quotations and original titles are always left as-is. For date formats in APA or Chicago-style citations, refer to the relevant manual of style.
Notability
Information on The Fashion Codex must be verifiable with reliable secondary sources; if no reliable or independent sources can be found on a subject (e.g. person, brand or object), then it should not have an article. Notability is a test for editors to consider if a given subject warrants its own article. The Fasion Codex upholds the notion of notability, or "to be worthy of notice", as a basic standard to avoid the indiscriminate inclusion of persons, brands or things in the project. Notability does not necessarily imply nor require fame, importance, or popularity, and also prioritises other factors: notable subjects often have significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject, which excludes works produced by the subject in advertising, press releases, websites or someone affiliated with it, etcetera. Coverage can be deemed significant enough if little-to-no original research is needed to extract content on the subject and multiple sources are available, provided by multiple authors and sustained beyond a single event or period in time.
Category:People
The following is a manual of style for people-related articles. Articles should aim to include each of the defined sections below.
Early Life
The Early Life section should include sub-sections by decades.
Career
The Career section should include sub-sections by decades. To maintain a more objective tone, editors are to refrain from interpreting careers of people in terms of Early, Middle and Late Careers.
Style
Techniques
The Techniques sub-section should include a specific and analytical summary of a person's recurring techniques, as demonstrated and well-cited from their body of work.
Themes
The Themes sub-section should include a specific and analytical summary of a person's recurring themes, as demonstrated and well-cited from their body of work.
Collections
The Collections section should include a wikitable in the style below. If a person has not contributed to collections, editors may forgo the inclusion of a Collections section. If a person has designed or worked for more than one brand, additional wikitables should be created and arranged vertically from earliest to latest. Columns for Notes may include notable information such as the collection number.
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References
The References section should include well-formatted and consistent citations in either APA or Chicago style, including author-date referencing (i.e. APA style) for in-text citations.
External Links
The External Links section should include external resources, such as photographs of collections and other types of digital documentation.
Category:Collections
The following is a manual of style for Collections-related articles. Articles should aim to include each of the defined sections below.
Concept
Background
The Background section should include a general and broad summary of the collection's concepts, such as recurring techniques and themes within the collection as well as an overview of references and inspirations. Historical or precedential contexts to collection or show concepts may also be included here. More detailed syntheses of these elements of style are to be deferred to the sub-sections below.
Inspiration
The Inspiration sub-section should include a specific and analytical summary of a person's recurring techniques, as demonstrated and well-cited from their body of work.
Themes
The Themes sub-section should include a specific and analytical summary of a collection's themes.
Techniques
The Techniques sub-section should include a specific and analytical summary of a collection's recurring techniques.
Runway Show
Production
The Production sub-section should include a specific and analytical summary of a person's recurring techniques, as demonstrated and well-cited from their body of work.
Models
The Model sub-section should include a summary of the casting process and a list of the models who walked the show.
Styling
The Styling sub-section should include a summary of the hair and make-up artists involved in the show, as well as the overall styling concept and its connection to the show concept.
Presentation
The Presentation sub-section should include a well-researched summary of the staging and logistics of the runway show on the day itself. Show notes should be added here, either as transcription or uploaded media.
Reception
The Reception section should include a general summary of the public reaction to the show and the collection, especially its reception in stores.
Legacy
The Legacy sub-section should include a specific and analytical summary of the collection's post-show legacy.
References
The References section should include well-formatted and consistent citations in either APA or Chicago style, including author-date referencing (i.e. APA style) for in-text citations.
External Links
The External Links section should include external resources, such as photographs or video recordings of runway shows.