Having trouble with the fashion lingo? Here's a quick list of things that are often used between fashionistas.

• Must have (Leather is a must have this fall.)
• It's all about (This season, it's all about embellishment.)
• I'm loving (I'm loving ice blue.)
• Of the moment (Embellishment is so of the moment.)
• It screams ("Look at me, look at me.")
• Beyond fashion (Marilyn's style was just beyond fashion.)
• ________ is the new black. (White is the new black).

Fashion Disses

• Done
• Over
• Bourgeois
• Tired
• "If you have to ask, you don't get it."
• Common
• So last year
• Very yesterday / last week / last century
• Too matchy-matchy

Fashion Praise

• New
• Now
• Fresh
• Brave
• Chic
• Divine
• Girly
• Love
• Important
• To die for

Fashion Glossary

• Glitterati
  The beautiful people, the popular crowd, the shiny set, celebrities.
  
  
• Cognoscenti
  Someone who is an expert on a particular subject. A connoisseur.
  
  
• Pièce de résistance
  The main dish in cooking; an important look or piece in fashion.
  
  
• Item du jour
  Item of the day. Something particularly timely and "now."
  
  
• Outré
  Something that is overdone, excessive or exaggerated.
  
  
• Passé
  No longer in style. Faded, in the past.
  
  
• Faux pas
  A fashion faux pas means an error in style judgment.
  
  
• Haute
  haute is used often instead of hot, "Find out what's haute for fall."
  
  
• Contemporary
  Currently in vogue.
  
  
• Fad
  Short lived fashion's; They seldom have any lasting Impact on future fashion. They are briefly and suddenly seen everywhere and just as suddenly they vanish.
  
  
• Cool Colours
  Blue, Violet and Green are cool / light colors. They are reducing in nature, as seen by the eye they move away from the object thereby increasing it’s size. Cool colors have a calm and restful effect.
  
  
• Warm Colours
  Colors like Red, Orange, Yellow are classified as warm colors, they are advancing in nature, because as seen by the eyes these colors move closer thereby reducing the size of an object. Warm colors are cheerful.