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Page Mil OUT Saturday January 188 BEST TO Outlook op Lifestyle Whats in a name Decoding the latest fashion terms FASHION Joan Descriptions of new designs are blurred across the columns of glossy magazines and listed in newspaper accounts of fashion sensations Yet despite its breezy tone the latest fashion lingo so easy to decode Wc know for example thai the clothes are unabashedly sexy Some say that means they re going to be feminine and girlish although one should not assume these are synonymous labels What more a rich looking outfit usually means It expensive to begin And innovative or is can be tipoffs that the item will look just plain stuptd In a few months Like the clothes fashion buzzwords have a life cycle of their own These up- to- the minute phrases and nicknames can say a lot about the styles they describe Consider the It the hottest silhouette In evening clothes a billow puffy skirt that shows where all the over froufrou is leading The word pouf according to Fair child s Dictionary of Fashion refers to a hair style a sister coif to the bouffant How long can the dress stay atop the world of fashion The New York Times known as the newspaper of record has offered advice on how to hang the thing on two hangers with half the dress upside down lo form a shape but in so doing Ilk the lo a souffle The name itself has got to be a giveaway be SHOP OUR YELLOW PAGE FIRST cause pretty soon pouf it will have vanished into thin air Can the bubble skirt a similar less and more rounded style expect to escape the same destiny Four letter words seim especially papular with fashion pundits these days Two of these are faux and luxe both with to suggest the ex otic Luxe which crept onto the Do cover of Gentlemen Quarterly seems a chatty of luxurious or deluxe but ap pears in the dictionary It is therefore not as rldic as it sounds The prevailing but tinny sounding phrase costume jewelry Just won do anymore cither Now gold and vercolored jewelry with glass stones can cost hundreds of dollars A classier name than costume was called for suggesting something im ported but not from Korea where much of the jewelry probably comes from Hence the French Inspired term faux jewels and the more This Space Can Be Yours If You Call Now 8778822 short skirts or leave them But the choice these days is between short or long Tin term miniskirt applies only to the skimpiest lengths But long is called just that and never maxi the 70s word that described the same look and bombed For the tiniest of skirls the term mlcrominl is rarely heard this goround It sounds too dated an iron twist considering that the leggy look is a throwback to the hippie heyday Unlike the maxi there arc terms the fashion industry avoids because they have been too successful Re member investment dressing in the early 80s Women got the message They bought clothes made to last and then changed only their Accessories manufacturers are still enjoying the boom but retail as well as suit and sportswear 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