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15/11/10
Yama girl
Nickname of the growing number of women who are taking to the hills of Japan wearing short pants or fleece skirts with leggings and designer trekking boots. See also "mountain girl".read more on: The Global Language Monitor
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08/11/10
New additions to fashion dictionary
Key Look: Definitive style of a season.
Mock Croc: Fake or faux crocodile, in any rendition, crocodile is the texture of choice for fall.
Pleather: A hybrid fabrication of plastic + leather.
Kitten Heel: Sculpted, ladylike shoe heel of about 2 inches in height.
Genius: The most sublime perfection. As in, "Helmut's modern sense of simplicity is genius."
Screams: Blatantly sources a dated style. Heard on a television makeover segment, "Kill that thick black hose, it screams early 90's."
Flawless: More beautiful than nature could render, thanks to a good foundation (cosmetic base) and fabulous makeup artist.
source: Focus on Style
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Mock Croc: Fake or faux crocodile, in any rendition, crocodile is the texture of choice for fall.
Pleather: A hybrid fabrication of plastic + leather.
Kitten Heel: Sculpted, ladylike shoe heel of about 2 inches in height.
Genius: The most sublime perfection. As in, "Helmut's modern sense of simplicity is genius."
Screams: Blatantly sources a dated style. Heard on a television makeover segment, "Kill that thick black hose, it screams early 90's."
Flawless: More beautiful than nature could render, thanks to a good foundation (cosmetic base) and fabulous makeup artist.
source: Focus on Style
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Watch you manguage
English has a rich history of so-called ‘man-words’: jocular terms that use man as a prefix or as part of a compound or blend (portmanteau, if you like).
This formula has been very productive in recent years: the Urban Dictionary lists hundreds of man-words and man-phrases, such as man hug, man-girlfriend, man-tourage, and manbroidery. An initial m can be enough to manify a word – as in mandals, a contraction of man-sandals; mirdles, which are girdles for men; and Movember, a November-moustache charity event (though its m comes from moustache rather than man). There’s a related boom in bro-words, like bromance and bro-ordinate.
This formula has been very productive in recent years: the Urban Dictionary lists hundreds of man-words and man-phrases, such as man hug, man-girlfriend, man-tourage, and manbroidery. An initial m can be enough to manify a word – as in mandals, a contraction of man-sandals; mirdles, which are girdles for men; and Movember, a November-moustache charity event (though its m comes from moustache rather than man). There’s a related boom in bro-words, like bromance and bro-ordinate.
Man-words tend to be playful, if not downright daft, and they often imply an element of irony and self-deprecation. Man flu, for example, is a common cold whose male sufferer exaggerates the ailment. Many man-phrases serve as one-off gags or niche slang, but others attain quite a high profile. Man fur and mimbo were popularised by Seinfeld; mancation, a vacation for males only, spread swiftly after appearing in the Hollywood comedy The Break-Up; and mancession, an economic recession affecting men in particular, made headlines in the international press.
Some man-words denote commercial products aimed principally at metrosexual men. “Girl stuff, but for guys” is how Mark Peters described these man-brands and mancessories in an article tracing the history and usage of man-words. Nancy Friedman, who admits to “a bit of a mania for man-words”, has written about many of them on her blog Fritinancy. Manbags, manscara and mantyhose are unlikely to appeal to stereotypically manly men, but they point to a clear contemporary trend. What it signifies is open to interpretation – among other things, it might indicate male insecurity or a cultural shift in gender norms.
Some man-words denote commercial products aimed principally at metrosexual men. “Girl stuff, but for guys” is how Mark Peters described these man-brands and mancessories in an article tracing the history and usage of man-words. Nancy Friedman, who admits to “a bit of a mania for man-words”, has written about many of them on her blog Fritinancy. Manbags, manscara and mantyhose are unlikely to appeal to stereotypically manly men, but they point to a clear contemporary trend. What it signifies is open to interpretation – among other things, it might indicate male insecurity or a cultural shift in gender norms.
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Handbag dogs
First favoured by Hollywood celebrities who often carry them to "A-list" functions in their handbags, these dogs are now a common sight in the UK as the not-so-rich-and-famous follow suit.
more on: silversurfertoday
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more on: silversurfertoday
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05/11/10
Buff
Slang for having well-developed musculature, as well as being in a state of undress; a soft, naturally tan leather beloved this season by neo-minimalist designers, i.e.,
Ergo, you’ve got to be buff to be in the buff.
published on: Tmag - NYTimes
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“Since I started wearing these buff Céline sandals, I feel like I’m getting an extra workout — their wooden platform soles are giving me calves of steel!”
Ergo, you’ve got to be buff to be in the buff.
published on: Tmag - NYTimes
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Camo
Camo is fashion slang, short for ''camouflage,''used to describe outdoorsy wear that blends in with jungle greenery.
On the gripping post-election cover of The New Republic, the editorial cartoonist Mark Alan Stamaty drew a crowd of recriminating Democrats blaming John Kerry for every possible campaign error, including ''He shouldn't have worn camo.''
read more on: NYTimes
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On the gripping post-election cover of The New Republic, the editorial cartoonist Mark Alan Stamaty drew a crowd of recriminating Democrats blaming John Kerry for every possible campaign error, including ''He shouldn't have worn camo.''
read more on: NYTimes
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03/11/10
Doppelganger
When two people arrive at the same event wearing almost identical dresses
Doppelganger comes from a German word that translates as "double goer." It originally meant "a ghostly counterpart of a living person."
Source: Merriam Webster
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Doppelganger comes from a German word that translates as "double goer." It originally meant "a ghostly counterpart of a living person."
Source: Merriam Webster
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Diastema
Diastema is the technical term for a gap between the front teeth.It's said that it is now so much of the moment, as part of a move away from perfection towards a more natural look, that some young models are having dental work to create one.
Source:WorldWideWords
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