classic style no style, not fashionable
blemish spot
even out skin tone cover up spots
fine hair thin hair
freshness perfume
girl next door not very pretty or glamorous
groom remove all body hair
groomed “English women are badly groomed”, ie they don’t have a permanent Brazilian
grooming products men’s makeup
hips bum
pamper/cosset/indulge yourself have beauty treatments
real women large women
relaxed hair straightened afro hair
sensitive skin spots
The Whistles customer is over 25 and wants to be fashionable in the broader sense. Jane Shepherdson Guardian Jan 31 08 (ie not exactly fashionable.)
toner (My skin feels – toned!) One of those words that mean nothing at all so you aren’t actually making a claim that can be tested.
You have your nose thinned, never shortened. ("It wasn't a nose job - they didn't break it!")
Times Fashion Glossary
August 14, 2009
channelling copying
investment
bag expensive bag
directional Nobody seems to be entirely
sure what that means. (Pointing the way fashion is going to go?)
editing
your wardrobe throwing away
old clothes
pieces clothes
product clothes and accessories pricepoint price
WEIGHT
size 14 Big. Sophie Dahl was “once a size 14”.
bulk
comfortable in your own skin a bit large
curvy
girth use
when discussing Alfred Hitchcock
health resort/farm fat camp
heft
imposing Use when talking about large men.
imposing girth
let yourself go put on weight after marriage
matronly = overweight
monumental
mumsy Kate McCann says she’s not
“mumsy” enough for the media - if she was two stone heavier they’d leave
her
alone. Chain stores are condemned for being mumsy - does this mean “clothes
come in
large sizes”?
rotund
substantial
ursine
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