| A-line | : | Garments that are shaped like the letter A. Narrow at the top and wide at the bottom |
| Absorbency | : | The ability of a textile material to take in and retain liquid, such as water, within the fibres and within the pores of the material. |
| Accessories | : | Items that are worn with an outfit that are intended to complete and compliment the overall look, such as bags, shoes, scarf’s, and jewellery etc, |
| Acetate Faric | : | Fabric made from a manufactured yarn of cellulose ethanoate. Typically for linings. |
| Agaric | : | Cotton terry effect fabric woven from loop yarns. |
| Aida | : | A cotton plain weave fabric with two wefts of different colours or counts. The picks of the wefts are woven alternatively so as to produce diaper effects. |
| Ajiji | : | A fine plain Indian cotton muslin with coloured silk stripes. |
| Alamode | : | A plain weave lightweight silk fabric with a soft, lustrous finish. |
| Alpaca | : | The fibres obtained from the coat of an Alpaca which is used to create fabric, often mixed with cotton or silk. |
| Amabouk | : | A plain weave fairly course fabric. |
| Angleterre | : | A glazed finish silk fabric. |
| Angora | : | Fibre from the angora rabbit used to create angora yarn, woven to make angora fabric. |
| Antung | : | A silk plain weave dress fabric, woven without slubs from net tussah silk yarns, |
| Apparel | : | An alternate word for clothing such as, outfit, covering, garment, etc. |
| Appliqué | : | A separate piece of fabric, cut as a specific shape, purposely stitched onto the face of another fabric for decoration. |
| Aran | : | Warm outerwear, hand or machine knitted woollen spun undyed yarn. |
| Arbaccio | : | A fabric made from the Nuoro sheep in plain and twill weaves. |
| Arcazabo | : | A silk brocade fabric. |
| Ardenne | : | A brocade tapestry doublecloth. |
| Argouges | : | A heavy-weight bleached linen fabric. |
| Asymmetric hem | : | A distorted hemline that has varying lengths around the base. |
| Atabi | : | Mediaeval silk and cotton dress fabric. |
| Athua | : | Hand-woven mosquito net. |
| Attushi | : | Japan fabric made from the best fibres of the Elm tree by the Ainu people of Northern Japan. |
| Aeulaea | : | Latin word for Tapestry. |
