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It’s all about me! and the fashion term is ‘meta – dressing’

13 Friday May 2016

Posted by meappropriatestyle in express yourself, fashion words / phrases, fashionspeak..., style ideas?

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Meta

a word of Greek origin, which translates to mean ‘self’.

 

 

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In current vernacular, meta- dressing (meta-clothing)

refers to garments with images/words

which directly reference the wearer, a bit of narcissistic fashion-

or with images of symbols, people, words of connection to the wearer.

 

 

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Apropos synonyms

(as labeled by meappropriatestyle)

‘selfie fashion’

‘narcissistic wear’

‘narcissistic fashion’

‘I’m a celebrity clothing’

(You get the idea!)

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Meta – dressing

It’s all about me

Kardashian clan

wearing tee-shirts with image of their mother

meta dressing, kris jenner kiss tee short, worn by daughters, daily mail

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Kylie Jenner wears a bandana of self-reference: ‘King Kylie’

meta dressing, king kyle bandana, www

(images from dailymail.uk)

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Kanye West wearing

what else?

Kanye West

meta dressing, kanye-west, wetpaintcom

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Paris Hilton in selfie fashion

Paris Hilton wears a t-shirt with her own image on it

(images from wetpaint.com)

 

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Fashionspeak: word associations

07 Friday Dec 2012

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Meappropriatestyle fashion word pairs:

fashion = clothes   (singular pieces)

dress = ensemble   (clothes combinations)

style = innovation  (unique creation, the statement)

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(image from ssbcrack.com):

word association fashionspeak ssbcrack.com

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What words/phrases are part of your fashionspeak?  

Do tell…

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