Reverse Dictionary: FASHION

ADJECTIVES
► A-GO-GO fashionable, modish, up to date, with it, lively, ‘swinging’ → 1960 colloq.
► ALL DAY, ALL NIGHT, JUST LIKE NEW YORK fashionable; sophisticated → 1930s African-American sl.
► ALL THE GO in the height of fashion → 1793 UK sl.
► ALL THERE AND A HA’PORTH OVER fashionable, well-dressed → M19 sl.
► ALL THE TON fashionable, smart → L18 sl.
► ALL THE WEAR fashionable → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► ARCTIC excellent, fashionable → 2007 UK sl. (Bk.)
► BABY FEMME of a fashion style: suggesting both youthful innocence and sexual abandon → 1995 US sl.
► BANGED-UP stylish, in the pink of fashion → 1812 sl.
► BANG OUT first-rate, excellent, fashionable, stylish → E19 sl.
► BANG-UP stylish, in the pink of fashion → 1812 sl.
► BANG-UP TO DICK first-rate, excellent, fashionable, stylish → E19 sl.
► BANG-UP TO THE MARK first-rate, excellent, fashionable, stylish → E19 sl.
► BEAT excellent, admirable, fashionable → 2000 US sl.
► BENDY extremely fashionable, smart, ‘cool’ → 1990s US teen sl.
► BOUGHETTO materialistic, fashion-obsessed → 2000 US students’ sl.
► BUZZY busy, lively; popular, fashionable, much-talked-about → 1982
► CADDY stylish; well-dressed; sharp, fashionable → 1966 Amer. sl. 
► CRED acceptable to your peers; hence, fashionable → 1999 UK sl.
► CRISS attractive, fashionable, smart; good, nice → 1954 sl., chiefly Jamaican
► DANDY fancy; fashionable; hence, splendid, first-rate, excellent, fine; very good of its kind → 1792 colloq., orig. US
► DASHY showy, ostentatiously fashionable; stylish → 1822 colloq.
► DIKEY ultra-fashionable → 1966 Amer. dial.
► DOGGY stylish, fashionable → 1897 Amer. dial.
► DOLLED-UP said of one dressed in the latest fashion → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► DOWN smart, well-informed hip; following the latest trends and fashion → 1952 colloq., orig. & chiefly US
► DOWN THE ROAD stylish, fashionable → M19 sl.
► DRIFTY in line with current trends → 1964 US students’ sl.
► FANTOOSH overdressed, over-ornamented; flashy, showy; ultra-fashionable → 1920 Sc.
► FARBULOUS ‘far out’ and fabulous; used of up-to-the-moment followers of fashion and the trendy clothes they wear → 2005 UK sl.
► FASH fashionable → 1988 Aust. sl.
► FASHIONAL of a good fashion or appearance; stylish, fashionable → 1618 obs.
► FASHIONED fashionable, in the fashion → 1811 Sc.
► FASHION-MONGING following fashion → 1599 obs.
► FASSY smart, fine, fashionable → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FLY stylish, sophisticated; fashionable → 1879 US sl.
► FUNKY stylish or fashionable, esp. in an unconventional or quirky way; also, excellent, great → 1967
► FUNKY-ASS fashionable, ‘with it’ → 1960s sl.
► FUNKY-FRESH excellent, admirable; stylish, fashionable → 1982 colloq., orig. US
► GALLANT suited to fashionable society; indulging in social gaiety or display; attractive in manners, polished, courtier-like → 1500 obs.
► GEEK-CHIC stylish or fashionable only for social outcasts → 2006 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GUIVER ► GUYVER ► GYVER smart, fashionable → a1866 Aust. & NZ sl.
► HOTSY-TOTSY wonderful, delightful; just right; later, pretentiously fashionable → 1924 sl., orig. US
► IN A MOD BAG fashionable → 1960s sl.
► IN GOOD TWIG stylish, fashionable → 1819 sl.
► IN PRIME TWIG stylish, fashionable → 1819 sl.
► IN THE NICK fashionable, in the height of fashion → 1984 sl. (Bk.)
► IN THE TIP OF THE MODE in the height of fashion → 1709 obs.
► IN TWIG stylish, fashionable → 1811 sl.
► KIDDY well-dressed, fashionable, flashy → L18 sl.
► KILLING fashionable, stylish → M18 sl.
► KNOBBY stylish; smart, elegant, fashionable, good, capital → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► KNUTTY fashionable, showy → 1916 
► LAHDEE smart, fashionable → 1930s sl.
► LAHDI smart, fashionable → 1930s sl.
► MACKADOCIOUS extremely stylish or fashionable → 1991 Amer. rap music usage
► MACKERLY shapely, fashionable, tolerable → 1790 Eng. dial.
► MANNERLY tidy, respectable, decent; fashionable → 1885 Eng. dial.
► MOD stylish, fashionable → 1964 Amer. sl.
► MODE fashionable, modish → 1984 Amer. students’ sl.
► MODISH fashionable, in the mode → 1709 Sc.
► MONDAINE belonging to fashionable society; worldly → 1889
► MOVIN’ good; pleasurable; fashionable; popular → 1997 US sl.
► NATTY fashionable, spruce → 1789 sl.
► NIBLIKE smart, fashionable → 1834 sl.
► NIFTY smart, fashionable, fine, splendid → 1805
► NOBBY stylish; smart, elegant, fashionable, good, capital → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► NOW fashionable, in style, current → 1955 US colloq.
► O.K. ► OKAY very fashionable or stylish; socially correct → 1869
► ON sophisticated, informed, at an advantage, fashionable → L19 sl.
► ORGANIC fashionable → 1977 US students’ sl.
► OUT THERE important, fashionable → 1993 sl.
► PINK exceedingly fashionable, smart → 1818 obs.
► PUKKA excellent, of the very best, fashionable → L20 colloq.
► QUAINT of dress: fine, fashionable, elegant → ?a1366 obs.
► RAGGIN’ dressed in fashionable and expensive clothing → 1987 US sl.
► RAKISH smart, fashionable → 1847
► RITZY classy, stylish, fashionable..1920 US sl.
► SAGA ► SAGGER fashionable, showy, garish, overdressed → 1950s W. Indies sl.
► SASSY smart, fashionable → L19 sl.
► SCENEY fashionable; up to the minute in appearance, habits, practices → 1968 UK sl.
► SHARP of clothes or their wearer: stylish, neatly fashionable, smart → M20 colloq.
► SILKED ► SILKED TO THE BONE dressed in the height of fashion → 1940s African-American sl.
► SIMP fashionable → 1965 US sl.
► SMART fashionable, elegant, sophisticated; associated with fashionable or high society → 1719
► SNAZZY elegant; stylish; smart and fashionable → 1932 Amer. sl.
► SNITCHER a member of a set of fashionable young men or ‘bloods’ → L18 sl.
► SPIFFING excellent, first-rate; fashionable or smart → 1872 UK sl.
► SPLASH elegant, fashionable, distinguished → M19 sl.
► STYLING ostentatious, fashionable → 1990s African-American sl.
► SWELL fashionably dressed → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► SWELLEGANT swell, elegant, very fine, beautiful, wonderfully stylish or fashionable → 1907 Amer. dial.
► SWISH smart, elegant, fashionable → 1879 colloq.
► SWITCHED ON fashionable and admirable; up-to-date → 1964 US sl.
► TIMEISH ► TIMISH in the style of the times; modish, fashionable, stylish → 1676 obs.
► TIPPY in the height of fashion; smart, fine, fashionable → 1810 obs.
► TODAY fashionable, up-to-the-minute → 1960s sl., orig. US
► TONISH ► TONNISHfashionable, modish, stylish → 1778
► TONY having a high or fashionable tone; high-toned, stylish, smart, neat → 1886 US colloq.
► TOPPY showy, stylish, fashionable, smart → 1905 colloq.
► UP TO THE KNOCKER in good condition; in the height of fashion → 1844 sl.
► VARMENT natty, fashionable, dashing → 1823 sl., now Eng. dial.
► VERY À LA absolutely in fashion; generally contemptuous, disparaging, or ironic in tone → 1984 UK sl.
► ZIPPY fashionable → 1920s US sl.
► ZOOTY flashily dressed; fashionable, stylish → 1946 US sl.

ADVERBS
► AGET according to fashion; fashionably → a1500 obs.

NOUNS
► AGONY style, fashion → 1900s sl.
► ALL THE RAGE the fashionable or popular thing to do; the fashionable or most popular artist or form of art at a given time → 1785 colloq.
► ALL THE THING the fashionable or popular thing to do; the fashionable or most popular artist or form of art at a given time → 2004 (Bk.)
► ANT’S PANTS the height of fashion → 20C Aust. sl.
► BACK BAY a fashionable residential area in a city or town → 1975 US sl. (Bk.)
► BEAU-MONDE the fashionable world, ‘society’ → 1714
► CAT CLOTHES fashionable clothing as favoured by jazz fans → 1950s sl., orig. African-American
► CATCH-ON a popular or fashionable establishment → 1935 US
► CHALK, THE the fashion → 1840 US sl.
► CHEESE, THE the fashion; the best; the correct thing; anything first-rate or highly becoming → 1818 sl.
► DANDY, THE the very thing; the fashion → 1784 sl. or colloq.
► FASHIONABILITY fashionableness → 1839
► FASHIONABLEDOM the fashionable world → 1859
► FASH PACK a loose categorization of pre-eminent people in the fashion industry → 2002 UK sl.
► GAIT manner, fashion, way, profession → 1859 US sl.
► GALLANTNESS fashion in dress → c1450
► GALLANTRY gallants collectively; gentry, fashionable people → 1606 obs.
► GLAMOUR-DON’T a huge fashion mistake → 1993 Can. sl.
► GLITTERATI the fashionable set of literary or show-business people → 1940 sl., orig. US
► GRUNGE the fashion style that developed out of the rock music epitomized by the work of the Seattle band Nirvana, but first used in relation to the New York Dolls, c1973  → 1980s sl.
► HAUT TON high fashion; people of high fashion → 1801
► HIGH KICK, A the top of the fashion → 1699 sl.
► KICK, THE the fashion, the newest style → 1699 sl.
► MONDE the social world of fashionable or aristocratic people; also, a person’s own social set → 1765
► MUNDANITY a being in vogue; fashionableness → 1892
► RAGE the current fashion → 1785 sl.
► REAL NOISE the height of fashion → 1908 US sl.
► SMART SET the extremely fashionable portion of society → 1851 colloq.
► TIPPY, THE the height of fashion; the fashionable thing → 1794 obs.
► TON 1. the fashion, the vogue, the mode; fashionable air or style → 1769
2. people of fashion; fashionable society; the fashionable world → 1815
► TWIG style, fashion; also, condition, state; fettle → 1811 sl., obs.
► WORLD a knowledge of the fashionable world; the beau monde → L18 UK society usage

NOUNS – PERSON
► ABERCROMBIE a person devoted to prep-school fashions and style → 2004 US sl.
► ACE-FACE a leader of a group of mods; an exceptionally fashionable mod → 1973 UK sl.
► ALLIGATOR an assertively masculine, flashily dressed, and up-to-the-minute male → 1997 African-American sl. (Bk.)
► BANG-UP a man of fashion → 1811
► BARNER a fashionable young working-class man of north London → 1909 Brit. sl. (Bk.)
► BEAN, THE one who is the epitome of fashion → 1846 Aust. sl.
► BEAU a man who gives particular, or excessive, attention to dress, mien, and social etiquette; a man of fashion, a fop, a dandy → 1687
► BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE, THE rich and fashionable people, regarded as a social group; the members of a social or celebrity elite → 1950 colloq. orig. US
► BELLE DAME fair lady, belle; a fashionable lady → 1767
► BIT OF STUFF a fashionable person → 1895 Aust. criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► BUCK a fashionable young man → 1894 Amer. dial.
► CACK-BROAD ► CACKLE-BROAD a fashionable, wealthy, or society woman; one who flaunts their wealth, esp. a nouveau riche woman  → 1940s African-American sl.
► CORINTHIAN a man of fashion about town → 1819
► DANDY a man who dresses fashionably and ostentatiously; a fop → c1780
► DASHER a fashionable, attractive person who often attends parties, dances, etc.; a dashing young man → 1790 sl.
► DUDE a person regarded as being ‘cool; or fashionable, or as embodying some other admirable or desirable quality → 1967
► ELEGANTE a fashionable lady → 1806
► FASH HAG a follower of fashion → 2003 UK sl. 
► FASHIONABLE a fashionable person; chiefly in plural → a1800
► FASHION CASUALTY someone in the thrall of clothes-designers’ more ridiculous excesses → 1999 UK sl.
► FASHION CRIMINAL one whose style is considered outside the bounds of acceptable fashion → 1980s US students’ sl.
► FASHION-FLY a fashionable person → 1868
► FASHIONIST 1. a follower of the fashions; one who conforms to the prevailing style of dress; a fashion-monger → 1616
2. one who prescribes or sets the fashions → 1815
► FASHIONISTA someone who dictates, or is in the vanguard of, trendiness → 2001 UK sl.
► FASHION-MONGER one who studies and follows the fashion or fashions → 1599
► FASHION MUTANT one whose style is considered outside the bounds of acceptable fashion → 1980s US students’ sl.
► FASHION VICTIM someone in the thrall of fashion designers’ more ridiculous excesses; often applied, loosely, to someone who is conspicuously expensively dressed → 1984 UK sl.
► FILBERT a very fashionable man about town → c1900 society sl.
► FUNKSTER a person who is trendy, fashionable, or cool → 1982 sl., orig. US
► GALLANT 1. a man of fashion and pleasure; a fine gentleman → 1388 arch.
2. of a woman: a fashionably attired beauty → c1550 obs.
► GALLIARD a gay fellow, a man of fashion → 1828 arch.
► GARMENTO a person who works in the fashion industry, esp. a person who is canny, aggressive, and possibly unscrupulous; orig. referred to those who work pushing racks of clothing up and down Seventh Avenue in New York → 1985 US fashion industry usage
► GARMENT-PEG a fashionably dressed person → 1910s 
► GATE a jazz musician; hence, a fashionable man → 1936 US sl.
► GIBSON GIRL a fashionable American girl of the late 1890s and early 1900s; the slim and willowy type of girl popularized by the American artist, C.D. Gibson → 1901
► GILDED YOUTH a wealthy young man of fashion and of much leisure → 1920 (Bk.)
► GINGLESPUR one who jingles his spurs; a cavalier; a male member of fashionable society → 1604 obs.
► GIRL ABOUT TOWN a female who is constantly seen at fashionable social occasions; a socialite; generally, a female with a modern or sophisticated outlook and lifestyle → 1749
► GLAMOUR GROOVIE a fashion-conscious person → 1947 US sl.
► GLITERATI ► GLITTERATI the celebrities or ‘glittering’ stars of fashionable society, or of the literary and show-business world → 1946 sl., orig. US
► GREGORY a gentleman of fashion → L16 obs.
► HEAVY GUNNER a man of showy or impressive appearance; one dressed in the height of fashion → 1890
► HEAVY SWELL a man of showy or impressive appearance; one dressed in the height of fashion; a dandy, an aristocrat, or one who tries to pose as such → 1819 colloq.
► HEN TAILOR a designer of women’s fashions → 1867 US sl.
► HEPSTER a fashionable or popular person → 1992 African-American sl.
► HIGH NUMBER an especially fashionable member of the Mod youth fashion movement → 1986 UK sl.
► HIGH-FLYER a showy, fashionable person; an extravagant or ostentatious person → 1930 Amer. dial.
► HIGH-STEPPER an (ostentatiously) fashionable or attractive person; esp. a young woman of this kind; a proud or spirited person; also, a person who is or aspires to be wealthy or successful; a high-flyer; a social climber → 1852
► HOORAY ► HOORAY HENRY orig. a loud, rich, rather ineffectual or foolish young society man; hence, a fashionable, extroverted, but conventional upper-class young man → 1936 Brit. sl., derogatory
► IT GIRL a woman who is very famous, fashionable, or successful at a particular time; esp. a glamorous, vivacious, or sexually attractive actress, model, etc., or a young, rich woman who has achieves celebrity because of her socialite lifestyle → 1927 colloq., orig. US
► JELLY BEAN a fashionably dressed young man; a ladies’ man, a dude; sometimes used as a term of address → 1921 Amer. dial., sometimes derogatory
► KNUT a dandy; a very well-dressed, fashionable (if not overly intelligent) young man → 1911 humorous usage
► MOD a member of a 1960s youth cult characterized by an obsessive interest in fashionable clothing, in the riding of motor-scooters, and in listening and dancing to soul and ska music → 1968 Brit. sl.
► MODE one who sets or displays the fashion; a fashionable person → 1712 obs.
► MODEL GIRL a female fashion model → 1962
► MODELIZER a man who habitually goes out with fashion models → 1996 colloq.
► MODIST a follower of the prevailing fashion or style → 1662
► MONDAIN a man who belongs to aristocratic or fashionable society; a male inhabitant of the beau monde → 1833
► MONDAINE a woman who belongs to aristocratic of fashionable society → 1888
► MOTOR a fast, hard-living man-about-town; one who is frequently seen at fashionable social occasions; a socialite → 1909 sl. (Bk.)
► MUNDANE a woman of fashion → 1897 obs.
► MUNGO a person of influence, position, or fashion → 1770 sl., obs.
► MUSCADINE a Parisian lady of fashion → 1794 obs.
► NICEBECETUR a fine, dainty, or fashionable girl or woman → c1520 obs.
​► NICEBICE a dainty, fine, or fashionable girl or woman → 1595 obs.
► NUT a fashionable or showy young man → 1904 UK sl. obs.
► PHYSBUTTOCKE a term of contempt for a showily vain or fashionable person; a coxcomb, a dandy → 1570 obs.
► PIZ ► PIZZ a young, fashionable man-about-town → 1760 society usage
► PRETTY FELLOW a fashionable or stylish person; a dandy, a fop → 1600
► RAILDOG a backstage technician who works with set rigging on a catwalk → 1991 US sl.
► RAINBOW a young man about town → M19 sl.
► SAPPER a man about town, a ‘gay dog’ → 1899 sl.
► SCENESTER a person who is part of contemporary fashionable society → 2003 US sl.
► SHEBA an attractive, fashionable woman → 1925 US sl.
► SHEIK ► SHEIKH a fashionably dressed young man → 1926 US sl.
► SLOANE ► SLOANE RANGER a fashionable and conventional upper-middle-class young person (usually female), esp. living in London → 1975 Brit. sl.
► SLOANIE a ‘Sloane Ranger’ → 1982 Brit. sl.
► SPARK a brisk, showy man; a fashionable or gallant young man; a dandy → c1600
► SWINGER a lively person who keeps up with what is considered fashionable; one who is ‘with it’ → 1965
► TASTEMAKER a person who sets or influences what is or will become fashionable → 21C
► TIPPY-BOB a smart, fashionably-dressed person; a fop → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► ULTRA one who goes to the extreme of fashion → 1819
► WAIF a fashionable young woman, with clothes and hair suggesting a ragged style, characterized by extreme thinness and apparent fragility → 1991
► WARM BABY a fashionable, exciting individual → 1898 sl.
► YOUNKER a young man generally; in early use esp., a gay or fashionable young man → 1513
► ZOOT CANARY a fashion model → 1984 UK beatniks’ usage

PHRASES
► QUARTER FLASH AND THREE PARTS FOOLISH describing a fool who claims to have a small degree of fashionable worldliness → E19 sl.
► QUARTER FLASH AND THREE PARTS STUPID describing a fool who claims to have a small degree of fashionable worldliness → E19 sl.
► THAT’S THE TICKET it’s the correct thing, what is wanted, expected or fashionable → 1838 sl.

VERBS
► CUT YANGA to dress fashionably → 1983 sl.
► DO THE BLOCK to promenade the fashionable area of town → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► EFFORM to make into a certain form; to shape, to fashion → 1578
► FASHIONIZE to make a garment fashionable; to alter clothes according to the fashion → 1824
► FUNKIFY to make stylish or fashionable in an unconventional or quirky way → 1975
► IMMODELIZE to model, to mould, to fashion → 1649 obs.
► PATCH UP to dress fashionably; to apply make-up → 1970s US homosexual sl.
► RAGE to look fashionable → 1970s Aust., NZ., & US campus sl.
► TONIFY to impart a good ‘ton’ to; to make fashionable or stylish → 1786 obs.