The Ultimate Guide to Fashion and Beauty Terminology
Fashion and Beauty Terminology
Accessories
Adornments for clothing.
Cosmetic Surgery
Surgical procedure to correct appearance.
Cosmetics
Make-up products.
Fashion
A style that is popular at a particular time, especially in clothes.
Hairstyle
The style in which someone's hair is cut and arranged.
Label
A piece of paper or other material that gives you information about the object it is attached to.
Look
The appearance of someone or something, a style or fashion.
Make-up
Colored substances used on your face to improve or change your appearance.
Piercing
A hole made in your body for wearing jewelry.
Tattoo
Permanent image, pattern, or word on the skin created by using needles to put color under the skin.
Beauty Product
Cosmetics and materials made and sold for the purpose of enhancing the physical attractiveness of users.
Style
A particular shape or design, especially of a person's hair or clothes.
Designer
A person who plans the look of something before it is made by preparing drawings.
Model
A person who wears clothes so that they can be photographed or shown to possible buyers.
Fashion Shows
A show for the public where models wear new styles or clothes.
Trend
A new development in clothing, make-up, etc.
Corset
A tight piece of underwear worn on the middle part of a woman's body to make her waist appear smaller.
Crinoline
A stiff frame worn under a woman's skirt to give it a full appearance.
Crakows
A style of shoes with extremely long toes.
Stiff Collar
A hard collar on a shirt or coat.
Beauty Salon
A place where your hair, face, and body can be given special treatments to improve their appearance.
Catwalk
The long, narrow stage that models walk along in a fashion show.
Latest Collection
Related to the most fashionable and ultimately trendy clothes and accessories.
Manicure
A treatment for the hands that involves making the skin feel softer and making the nails look better.
Pedicure
A beauty treatment for the feet that involves cutting and painting the nails.
Modernize
To make something more modern.
Criticize
To express disapproval of something or someone.
Specialize
To spend most of your time studying one particular subject.
Apologize
To tell someone that you are sorry for having done something that has upset them.
Fantasize
To think about something very pleasant that is unlikely to happen.
Prioritize
To decide which of a group of things are the most important so that you can deal with them first.
Sympathize
To understand and care about someone's problems.
Weaken
To become less strong, powerful, or effective.
Darken
To become dark.
Flatten
To become level or thinner.
Smarten
To become more clean, tidy, and stylish.
Shorten
To become shorter.
Lengthen
To make something longer.
Sharpen
To make something sharp.
Strengthen
To make something stronger or more effective.
Simplify
To make something less complicated and therefore easier to understand or do.
Horrify
To shock someone very much.
Justify
To be or give a good reason for.
Beautify
To improve the appearance of something or someone.
Purify
To remove bad substances from something to make it pure.
Ankle
Related to footwear or an item of clothing reaching your ankles.
Average
Standard size regarded as usual.
Badly
Dressed in an unsatisfactory way.
Broad
Having wide shoulders that do not slope.
Clean
A man without a beard or mustache.
Curly
Having hair that forms curls or ringlets.
Dark
Having dark-colored hair.
Dark-skinned
Having brown or black skin.
Fair-haired
Having light-colored hair.
Fair-skinned
Having pale or relatively pale skin.
Friendly-looking
Having a kind and pleasant appearance.
Heavily built
Having a large, broad, and strong body.
Natural-looking
Natural appearance, especially despite being artificially created.
Professional-looking
Appearance that is appropriate to a skillful, competent person.
Smartly dressed
Dressed in an attractively neat and stylish manner.