Essential Fashion Vocabulary: Definitions and Examples

Essential Fashion Vocabulary

Suede: Leather or similar fabric finished with a soft, slightly rough surface. Spanish: ante.

Phrasal Verbs:

• To get away with: To do something "bad" without being punished for it.
• To cut down: To reduce.
• To dress up: To wear smarter clothes than usual.
• To fit with something: If one thing fits in with something, they look pleasant together or they are suitable for each other.
• To go out: To go somewhere for entertainment.
• To keep up with: To understand something that is changing fast.
• To pull on: To put on (clothing) hastily.
• To put together: To create something by joining or combining different things.
• To save up: To keep money for something in the future.
• To slip on: To put something on quickly.
• To stand out: To be easy to see or notice.
• To take back: To return something.
• To go in: To enter a place.
• To go up: To become higher.
• To go on: To happen.
• To go for: To choose.
• To go back: To return to a place where you have been before.
• To go over: To examine something in order to make sure that it is correct.
• To go ahead: (Something you say) to allow someone to do something.

Actually: Really.

To look like: Used to say that the appearance of a person or thing is similar to the appearance of another person or thing.

Skinny: Too thin.

Catwalk: The long, narrow stage that models walk along in a fashion show.

To dress up: To wear formal clothes for a special occasion.

To have taste in something: To have the ability to distinguish the good from the bad in some area.

Counterfeit/knockoffs: Imitation goods that are offered for sale at much lower prices than the genuine products.

To get away from: To stop having a particular idea or belief that is old fashioned or not helpful.

Tatty: Shabby, untidy.

Frayed: With the threads at the edge coming loose. Spanish: deshilachado.

Unique: Rare, different.

Charm: Enchantment, beauty.

Absence: Lack.

Drawback: Problem, disadvantage.

To lead to: To make something happen.

To wander: To move slowly.

To gather: To join, to collect.

To rise to the challenge: To be able to do what is required in an emergency.

Tiny: Very small.

Appliance: A piece of electrical equipment with a particular purpose in the home.

Critter: Creature, animal.

To overturn: To turn over, to flip.

Messy: Dirty, chaotic.