https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-feel-some-fashion-y-words-are-overused Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 25 Apr 2026 17:23:06 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-feel-some-fashion-y-words-are-overused/page/2#post-471654 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 23:48:54 +0000 Marley 471654@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>These aren't necessarily fashion-related, but some phrases that immediately come to mind for me are:</p> <p>Cutting-edge.<br /> Everyone on the same page.<br /> Want to give you a heads-up.</p> <p>Arggghhh! They drive me insane. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-feel-some-fashion-y-words-are-overused/page/2#post-471646 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 23:31:56 +0000 afterism 471646@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have an issue with curvy as well.</p> <p>I am curvy, the marilyn meaning not the modern one.</p> <p>I'm glad that people are using positive words to describe bodies that don't meet industry standards, but when people steal "my" word &amp; change the meaning I get cranky! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-feel-some-fashion-y-words-are-overused/page/2#post-471136 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 02:33:14 +0000 modgrl 471136@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Handmade is the only word that really makes me fashion crazy, even though I used it myself today when I posted my art fair finds.... Those "Made in China/Mexico/Guatemala/Vietnam/Moldova" garments are made by hand too, but probably not in very nice conditions. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-feel-some-fashion-y-words-are-overused/page/2#post-471116 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 01:45:46 +0000 bella 471116@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Not in fashion in general, but on project on runway, they use "taste level" quite a bit, as in<br /> "the taste level is not quite there." It is a bit of a running joke between me and my husband, who sometimes watches the show with me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-feel-some-fashion-y-words-are-overused/page/2#post-471076 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 00:58:43 +0000 Heather 471076@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Droopy! Lawd! I will hop on board with that one! No positive spin available! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-feel-some-fashion-y-words-are-overused/page/2#post-471007 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 22:29:47 +0000 Mo 471007@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ha, Ironkurtin! My softball teammates called me droopy in middle school - my jeans were too big. There was the cartoon dog Droopy as well somehow in the association . . . all said in jest, but it's funnier now than it was then. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-feel-some-fashion-y-words-are-overused/page/2#post-470972 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 21:34:40 +0000 ironkurtin 470972@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't mind any of those words on their own, but I do do dislike them in print when they start to form a repetitive, uninventive pattern. Lucky does this and it makes my teeth grind, but then, so do many authors whose books I've read. They may think of it as house style but it gets overused fast.</p> <p>Words I loathe:<br /> - jeggings<br /> - swacket<br /> They are not real words! They strike me as hideously twee. Skinny jeans or denim leggings, and sweater jacket, are just fine as indicators!</p> <p>Other words I hate when applied to me:<br /> - trendy (teens are trendy); I know this meas something else to other people, who like it, but it's just not the way I think of myself<br /> - flat-assed (yes that's fLat, not fat)<br /> - droopy<br /> Pretty sure no one else likes the last two... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-feel-some-fashion-y-words-are-overused#post-470954 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 20:47:45 +0000 CocoLion 470954@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love hyphenates with chic in back (ducks behind bush with Heather)... </p> <p>But there are terms that confused me initially.</p> <p>"Curvy." I am curvy, I have an hourglass shape. So I picked that option when searching for denim e.g. Then I realized it meant something else. </p> <p>Also "athletic" as a descriptor of figure. It doesn't mean athletic, what it really means is, somewhere between slim and curvy when describing body fat percentage. </p> <p>No confusion, but "thrifted" and "gifted" took me a while to get used to. I thought they were nouns, but now they are also verbs. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-feel-some-fashion-y-words-are-overused#post-470951 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 20:36:26 +0000 bj1111 470951@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>fyi...qvc /hsn shows that the word " luxury" and its derivatives increase sales. the hosts can watch sales merch numbers associated with phrases spoken during the segment and the word "luxury" moves merch like no other. hence the ubiquity. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-feel-some-fashion-y-words-are-overused#post-470943 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 20:25:20 +0000 Vani 470943@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Curvy annoys me but I can't think of any I actively dislike. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-feel-some-fashion-y-words-are-overused#post-470934 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 19:55:51 +0000 Heather 470934@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>*ducking*. None of these words or terms bother me....... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-feel-some-fashion-y-words-are-overused#post-470820 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 17:00:37 +0000 catgirl 470820@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Nakidra, LOL! Mash-up indeed! Lucky and People StyleWatch have so many of these catch phrases - it's like they put in the same text with different pictures sometimes. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-feel-some-fashion-y-words-are-overused#post-470815 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 16:56:20 +0000 Nakidra 470815@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Una, you're cracking me up as usual! </p> <p>J.Crew's ads are hilarious and they are always "obsessed with the mash-up of high and low something or other..." I think it's funny! </p> <p>It's not just fashion,I tried to ban ..."Let's make sure that we're all on the same page." at work. It's totally overused and really, what page are we all trying to be on? or ... "Let's all thing outside of the box." </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-feel-some-fashion-y-words-are-overused#post-470804 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 16:35:17 +0000 Angie 470804@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow. Such passionate dislikes for words, ladies! </p> <p>The only term that gets my knickers in a knot is "real women".</p> <p>Ombre is an adjective actually. A technical term. Lyn is spot on. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-feel-some-fashion-y-words-are-overused#post-470768 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 15:40:45 +0000 Mo 470768@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Not necessarily just fashion - sometimes home decor, too, - but "pop of color". Aarrgh. That's up there with the home decor phrase "bringing the outside in". Go live in a yurt then! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-feel-some-fashion-y-words-are-overused#post-470763 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 15:23:20 +0000 velvetychocolate 470763@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm getting tired of seeing "signature" and "heritage". At least a couple of stores have a 'heritage' line and a few more have 'signature' pants and such. </p> <p>Oh, and "modern" fit too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-feel-some-fashion-y-words-are-overused#post-470752 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 15:07:03 +0000 Queen Mum 470752@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>euro-chic<br /> curvy<br /> fashionista </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-feel-some-fashion-y-words-are-overused#post-470745 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 15:01:35 +0000 Jonesy 470745@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>LOL..I use "luxe" sometimes (as shorthand for luxurious, e.g., a silk blouse paired with a perfectly tailored camel coat), but I admit that there are several other words that drive me bonkers. I really dislike "obsessed" and "over-dyeing," and I have an irrational dislike of "sunnies" for sunglasses and the term "re-mixing." </p> <p>Perhaps I will temper my use of the term luxe while on the forum :). It's funny how this is all so subjective... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-feel-some-fashion-y-words-are-overused#post-470714 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 14:36:28 +0000 Debora 470714@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great post, Una! </p> <p>Patty, I was unfamiliar with the term ombre until I purchased the blouse that I posted last week here: <a href="http://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/done-done-done" rel="nofollow">http://youlookfab.com/welookfa.....-done-done</a>. I came across the term when I was writing a description for Michelle. I was thinking the same thing as you! How is it that I've never heard this term before? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-feel-some-fashion-y-words-are-overused#post-470701 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 14:28:58 +0000 nancylee 470701@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>"Luxe" is the one that drives me crazy....it just sounds so pretentious. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-feel-some-fashion-y-words-are-overused#post-470698 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 14:28:20 +0000 abc 470698@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>OMG Airin, I am so with you! I live in Mexico and it drives me insane when they mix English words with Spanish, especially when the same words exist, just like you said! It happens all the time, too. Finally someone understands, I am so glad you mentioned this because it bugs the crap out of me!!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-feel-some-fashion-y-words-are-overused#post-470663 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 12:39:10 +0000 Janet 470663@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's not fashion-exclusive, but the term "spendy" drives me up a tree. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-feel-some-fashion-y-words-are-overused#post-470662 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 12:28:29 +0000 Fruitful 470662@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Airin, although I sometimes enjoy cross-cultural borrowing I find this kind of erasing of culture - and language! - saddening too.</p> <p>We even get that within English, with increasing homogenisation so that most of our pop culture words and idioms are becoming American here in Australia (although I have noticed, on the upside, Americans finally adopting a couple of our expressions, like "no worries" and even "bum")!</p> <p>There are loads of fashion-y words that annoy me. Fashionista. On trend (an acceptable version of the old tryhard word, "trendy"). Everything on a Modcloth or Anthropologie garment blurb or even name - I just block those out and try to concentrate on the garment instead of the lifestyle fantasy they're trying to sell me.</p> <p>Oh, and I hate the way Zappos videos describe detailing as "for added style" or "tons of style". Sorry, detail overload does not add style.</p> <p>Colour blocking. For years I just thought that was wearing pieces made of solid colours.</p> <p>Cognac. Cobalt. Jewel tones. These words get used to describe such a variation of things that they don't mean that much. And they're bottom line, jargony. I had to just now google images of cognac to check what it's supposed to look like. Probably would have called "cognac boots" a deep shade of tan before. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-feel-some-fashion-y-words-are-overused#post-470654 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 11:24:39 +0000 Irene 470654@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I hate it that Spanish retail stores more and more use English words for the items, instead of the Spanish word. As much as I love English -I've spent five years of my life studying it four days a week-, I hate it when that happens, especially because it's so obvious they do it just because it sounds cool. Sentences like this do happen (also in fashion magazines):</p> <p>Combina tus DENIM JEANS con cualquier cosa, desde una BLAZER negra, pasando por un CARDIGAN o una cazadora de piel. Las T-SHIRT son lo más, sobre todo si llevan ANIMAL PRINTS. También puedes probar con el LACE. Cálzate unas COWBOY BOOTS o unas OXFORD. Controla tu MAKE-UP, no te pases y déjalo natural, el pelo tiene que parecer recién lavado y sin peinar, ahora se llevan las ondas californianas. Estarás 'READY TO KILL', y TOTALLY FUN FEARLESS!</p> <p>We do have Spanish words to say all that, we just don't remember them anymore, which is very sad. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-feel-some-fashion-y-words-are-overused#post-470627 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 07:38:04 +0000 Michelle 470627@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>"Handfeel" makes me want to hurl my laptop/magazine/fashion medium of choice through a closed window...IT'S NOT A WORD!! Luxe irritates me too. :)<br /> I find glam very overused, and for some reason I'm unnecessarily irritated by combinations including the word chic. I love the term on its own, but phrases like "boho-chic", "city-chic" and "geek-chic" really irk me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-feel-some-fashion-y-words-are-overused#post-470608 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 06:45:03 +0000 lyn* 470608@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>"Handfeel" to me means when you stick your hand inside a surgically opened abdomen, and feel your way along the intestines to make sure you don't feel anything lumpy/bumpy/weird. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-feel-some-fashion-y-words-are-overused#post-470602 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 06:38:06 +0000 Amy 470602@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>"Handfeel" seems like a phrase someone made up just to sound cool. To me, it just sounds silly.</p> <p>People talk about the "hand" of a garment or fabric, which has to do with its quality. There's no reason to call it handfeel, unless you want to associate it with appreciating the finer things in life. For instance, in wine tasting, they talk about "mouthfeel." </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-feel-some-fashion-y-words-are-overused#post-470592 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 06:18:28 +0000 catgirl 470592@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hmm, perhaps handfeel is "crewspeak". </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-feel-some-fashion-y-words-are-overused#post-470582 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 05:54:11 +0000 Patty 470582@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I had never heard of this term before this week--then read it a couple times on different sites---maybe more gradient greys lately? Prob not over used but new.</p> <p>Ok moving on....... (LOL) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-feel-some-fashion-y-words-are-overused#post-470581 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 05:47:51 +0000 Patty 470581@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>(oops double post) </p>