high fashion

noun

Examples of high fashion in a Sentence

boutiques that sell high fashion to the very wealthy
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Taylor Swift, Cardi B, Miley Cyrus and more served up some of the best looks at the 67th annual Grammy Awards 41 Comments Music met high fashion on the red carpet of the 2025 Grammys. Brendan Le, People.com, 3 Feb. 2025 The dress drew inspiration from Botticelli’s iconic painting, The Birth of Venus, blending high fashion with timeless art. Mecca Pryor, Essence, 28 Jan. 2025 Draping, by the way, is the process of creating a garment by pinning and arranging fabrics directly on a mannequin, or even on a person, which might sound odd but is not at all unusual in high fashion. Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025 Unmatched in its warmth, its delightful disposition, its ability to inspire you—not with high fashion or sanctimonious pontificating or streets walled with money—but just by being its easy, sunny self. Allure Editors, Allure, 17 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for high fashion 

Word History

First Known Use

1870, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Time Traveler
The first known use of high fashion was in 1870

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“High fashion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high%20fashion. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.

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