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FASHION VOCABULARY

Garments – another word for items of clothes, apparels.


Accessories – things (bags, belts or jewellery) that can be added to your outfit
to make it more attractive and stylish.
Lingerie – women’s underwear, undergarments.
Fashion victim – a person who wears popular trends and looks really ridiculous
because he/she ends up looking like a store mannequin.
Baggy – wide-legged pants or loose-fitting shirts/blouses.
Catwalk or runway – a narrow flat platform, used by models to
present designer clothes. 
Clothes stall – a booth displaying clothes in a market.
 Fashion icon – someone or something who is very well known as an example
of style and high fashion. 
Must-haves – highly essential clothes that you must have in your wardrobe this
season. Clothing must-haves also comprise the essentials of your wardrobe. 
FASHION IDIOMS AND EXPRESSIONS:
To have a sense of style – to know what looks good on you and have your own
style and taste.
To be old-fashioned – to wear clothes or do something that is no longer in
style.
Strike a pose – to take a particular posture in order to impress. You can strike
a pose for the camera.
To be dressed to kill – wear something with an intention to stand out/impress
people and be noticed.
To have an eye for fashion – to have a good taste and know what is “in
fashion” and what is not.
Dress for the occasion – to wear something in the right place at the right
time. Not to wear short skirt to church or bathing suit to a wedding (unless you
are in Miami).
To be well dressed – attired in clothing that is of fashionable, expensive and
properly fitted.

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