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feuilleté

English translation: shoulder out

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French term or phrase:	feuilleté
English translation:	shoulder out
Entered by:	Kimberly De Haan

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16:04 Nov 7, 2009

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Marketing - Textiles / Clothing / Fashion / clothing store displays

French term or phrase: feuilleté

This is from a training course for shop managers of a major clothing brand.
It explains how to present the merchandise in a way to make customers want to buy.

In discussing wall displays, it lists items to be put at hand level:
"pliages , façings , feuilletés"

The drawing for this section shows a wall with folded sweaters, a blouse hanging front forward and a rack of clothing shoulder-side out. So, my understanding is that this refers to the rack of clothing.

Does anybody know what this is called in jargon?

Kimberly De Haan KudoZ activity Questions: 125 (none open) (1 without valid answers) (10 closed without grading) Answers: 10 Italy
Local time: 00:53

shoulder out

Explanation:
Here's an informed guess. One set of American English terms is "face out" "shoulder out" and folded. The direct on view of "shoulder out" is somewhat like the direct on view of a puff pastry, many many single sheets. Well yes, folded also looks like many sheets. Maybe that's why someone in France came up with a different word for a similar visual effect.

Selected response from:

Stephanie Ezrol
United States
Local time: 18:53

Grading comment

This is absolutely perfect. And thanks for that second link, it's great for the type of text I'm doing!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +2

on (a) garment rail(s)

B D Finch

racked

emiledgar

shoulder out

Stephanie Ezrol

layered

Verginia Ophof

clothing racks (or on racks)

Jenn Mercer

Discussion entries: 2

Answers

5 mins confidence:

layered

Explanation:
suggestion

Verginia Ophof
Belize
Local time: 17:53
Native speaker of:

English

26 mins confidence:

clothing racks (or on racks)

Explanation:
From the context, it looks like the original text is describing three difference ways in which clothing could be displayed: folded, facing, or "to be flipped through." I can't find a better way to describe this action than "flip-through," but I could not find any justification for that term. Therefore, I would suggest that the third term would be "on racks" or "clothing racks."

Example sentence(s):

Clothing can be displayed folded, facing out, or on racks.

Jenn Mercer
United States
Local time: 18:53
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English

53 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

on (a) garment rail(s)

Explanation:
"Garment" is more up-market than "clothing" and would be used for the sort of clothes that hang on rails, though not generally for sweaters that might be folded on the shelves. "Rail" not "rack", at least for the UK. Racks are for shoes etc.

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http://www.tradelines.co.uk/pages/gondola.htm
The above website shows some examples.

This one mentions forward facing displays:
http://www.morplan.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_100...

However, as sideways hanging is the norm, it might be unnecessary to mention.

B D Finch
France
Local time: 00:53
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 19

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thank you for the teminology tips. I am doing this translation for the UK and as a Canadian, I'm not always up on the proper terms!

1 hr confidence:

racked

Explanation:
folded, shelved, or racked.

emiledgar
Belgium
Local time: 00:53
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

French
PRO pts in category: 38

1 day28 mins confidence:

shoulder out

Functional, flexible display fixtures facilitate face out, shoulder out, hanging & folded clothing display complete with lifestyle graphics.
Shoulder-out presentation: The way most garments are hung in home closets with only one side showing from shoulder to bottom.

Reference: http://www.franklinfixtures.com/cgi-bin/store.cgi?store=92
Reference: http://74.125.113.132/search?q=cache:HHDq087J-QsJ:schools.ut...

Stephanie Ezrol
United States
Local time: 18:53
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

This is absolutely perfect. And thanks for that second link, it's great for the type of text I'm doing!

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