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Fashion

prêt-à-porter

July 10, 2020 toddmorrill

pwhay´-tap-oh-TAY´ (French, ‘ready to wear’) Prêt-à-porter is clothing purchased off the rack, as opposed to custom-made haute couture items. While most prêt-à-porter is moderately priced and sold in malls and […]

 Design, Fashion, Foreign Origins, French

fashionista

July 10, 2020July 10, 2020 toddmorrill

fash´-uhn-EEST´-uh A fashionista is a person obsessed with fashion, be it a designer, promoter, journalist, or simple follower of the latest sartorial trends. The term was coined in the 1990s […]

 Design, Fashion

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