Fashion

Expressions with fashion:

Fashionable = popular unfashionable
Fashionable resort/area/address
Fashion house = a company that produces new and expensive styles of clothes
Fashionista = someone who is very interested in fashion
Fashion plate = someone who likes to wear very fashionable clothes
Fashion show = an event
Fashion statement = something that you own or wear that is considered new or
different and this is intended to make other people notice you
Fashion victim (fashion addicted, a slave to fashion) = someone who always wears
what is fashionable, even if t looks bad
Parrot fashion = to repeat something that someone has just said without
understanding it
To make a fashion statement
To go/ grow out of fashion - old-fashioned
To come back to fashion
Fashion show/ magazine/ paper/ shooting/ industry/ icon
Fashion monger
Fashion designer
The rank and fashion
Fashion conscious/ wise/ literate/ aware = concerned about wearing the latest
fashions
Sth used to be the fashion (in a certain period)
Sth is all the fashion = it is very fashionable
To be in/out of fashion
To be height of fashion = thought to be very fashionable
In a fashion = in a particular way
In ones own fashion
Of fashion = of high social standing
After a fashion = not very well, not very effectively (Can you speak Russian? After
a fashion.)
After the fashion of somebody
Like its going out of fashion = used to emphasize that someone does something a
lot or uses a lot of something ( Dannys been spending money like its going out of
fashion)
Expressions with shop:
Shopping bag/basket/cart/center/list/mall/ trolley
Shopping precinct = an area in a town where there are a lot of shops where cars are
not allowed
Shop-soiled (shop worn) = a product that is shop soiled is slightly damaged or dirty
because it has been in a shop for a long time
Shop steward = a worker who is elected by members of a trade in a factory
Shop talk = conversation about work
Set up shop = to start a business
Shut up shop = close up shop = to close a shop or business
Shop around = to compare the prices and the qualities
Shopaholic = someone who loves to go shopping
Shop assistant = sales clerk
Shop bought = store bought = (bought in a shop rather than homemade)
homemade
Shop fitting = the job of putting equipment in shop, changing the way it looks
Shop front (storefront) = the outside part of a shop that faces the street
Shop keeper = someone who owns a shop

Shoplifting = the crime of stealing clothes

Clothes
Baggy jeans
Beads
Belt
Blazer
Blouse
Boot-cut jeans
Boots
Boots
Buckle
Buckle
Buttons
Cagoule
Cap
Cardigan
Cashmere jumper
Checked shirt
Checked skirt
Coat
Collar
Cotton blouse
Crochet top
Cuff
Double breasted trench
Dress
Dress
Earrings
Fitted jacket
Flannel coat
Flannel shirt
Flare pants
Fleece vest (made of
wool/animal)
Fur hat
Gloves
Halter-neck blouse
Headband
heels
Helmet
Hood
Jacket
Jacket
Jeans
Knee-high boots
Knitted sweaterdress
Laces
Lace-up boots
Lapel
Leather belt
Loafers
Loose-fitting/tight fitting Overcoat
Low-heeled/high-heeled shoes

Mitten
Nightdress
Nylon tights
Outfit
Overall
Pattern
Pencil skirt
Plaid top
Plain knee-length skirt
Platforms
Pleated skirt
Pocket
Polo-neck jumper
Pullover
Pumps
Purse
Pyjamas
Rubber gloves
Sandals
Sash (ribbon around waist)
Scarf
Scarf
Shoes
Shorts
Short-sleeved/long-sleeved T-shirt
Shower cap
Silk hat
Skinny jeans
Skirt
Sleeve
Slip-on/sling-back shoes
Slippers
Slit
Slit
Smocked turtleneck
Socks
Socks
Strap heels
Strapless dress
Sweatshirt
Tie
Tights
Trainers
Triple band belt
Trousers
T - shirt
Wide-brimmed hat
Wooden stack heels
Woolly hat
Zips

Garment = a piece of clothing

baggy/ flared/ bare/ dark/ light/ checked/ cool/ cotton/ denim/ flowery/ kneelength/
dandy/ / grungy/ foppish/ voguish clothes
Conventional clothes/style
Designer clothes
Formal/ informal/ casual/elegant/classy/smart/well dressed/brightly coloured outfit
Traditional/ modern style
In/out of style
Self styled to style yourself
Adjectives:
Positive aspects
Appealing
Attractive
Casual
Chic
Classic
Drop-dead
Elegant
Eye-catching
Fabulous
Fashionable
Feminine
Fetching
Formal
Gorgeous
Neat
Ravishing
Smart
Sparkling
Stunning
Stylish
Trendy
Voguish
Well-dressed

Negative aspects
Creased/Crumpled
Dull
Faded
Fogy
Garish
Grubby
Loud
Moth-eaten
Naff
Old-fashioned
Outmoded
Scruffy
Shabby
Shaggy
Shattered
Sloppy
Tattered
Worn-out

Clothes idioms:
At the drop of a hat = immediately and without thinking
To be out of pocket = to have less money than you should have
Below the belt = unfair and cruel
To fit like a glove = to fit perfectly
To get the boot = to be dismissed from your job
To get hot under the collar about sth = to get angry about sth
To have sth up your sleeve = to have a secret plan/idea
To pull your socks up = to work harder and start trying to improve your
work/behavior
Sb wears the trousers (in that house) to be the dominant partner of the two people
involved (usually a woman)
What to do with clothes:
Clothe = to provide clothes for you to dress: to be fully/partially/scantily clothed in
sth
To set a trend = be a trend setter
To follow/sit/start a trend
To be dressed up

To be dressed to kill
Put on/take off clothes
Work/school clothes
A change of clothes
Clothes basket/ brush/ hanger/ horse (a frame that you hang clothes on to dry
indoor)
Clothes line (washing line) = a long rope for hanging the clothes
Clothes peg (clothespin) = a wooden or plastic object that you use to fasten wet
clothes to a clothesline
Clothier = old fashioned, someone who makes or sells mens clothes or material for
clothes
Clutch bag = a small bag for woman to carry in their hands on special events
Cloth = material used for making things such as clothes
Materials: leather/ lycra/cotton/denim/nylon/ polyester/wool
Expressions with shoes:
In sbs shoes
Running shoes/ a shoe shop / a pair of shoes/ shoe polish / boot/ sandals/ slipper/
flat
Step into / fill sbs shoes = to do a job that someone else used to do
Horseshoe = the piece of iron that is nailed onto a horses foot
Shoe box = cardboard box that shoes are sold in
Shoe horn = a curved piece of metal or plastic that you put inside the back of a
shoe when you put in on, to help your heel go in easily
Shoe lace = a thin piece of material like string through holes in the front of your
shoes and is used to fasten them
Shoe maker = someone who makes shoes
Shoe shine = an occasion when someone polishes your shoes for money