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Mendi · 19/02/2013 20:23

Flicking through Grazia which arrived today because my ex-boyfriend has clearly not realised he's still paying the subscription which just renewed.

WTF is 'a knit'? Is it a jumper? A cardi? A sleeveless top? Or is the only thing that matters the fact that it was 'a Celine knit'?

While I'm on the subject, what is 'a trouser'?? Just one leg?

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MissBeehivingUnderTheMistletoe · 19/02/2013 20:26

Does anyone want to start with a "Breton"? Grin

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KandyBarr · 19/02/2013 20:38

It's jargon - and like all jargon it's meant to a) make users feel important, and b) exclude those who don't understand it. Best ignored.

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PaleHousewifeOfCumbriaCounty · 19/02/2013 21:36

I dont know what cigarette pants are, but im betting they arent for lounging abut smoking marlborough lites.

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JumpHerWho · 19/02/2013 22:32

I love that your ex is funding your Grazia habit Grin

Just finished mine, love Tuesdays, wine and Grazia night Wine

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ceeveebee · 19/02/2013 22:33

A trouser is to be worn with a shoe or a boot
Preferably in a nice bright colour so that it pops

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JumpHerWho · 19/02/2013 22:36

I am currently sporting a jogger teamed with a slipper, with a slouchy blanket insouciantly draped over my body. So chic.

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AmberNectarine · 19/02/2013 22:47

I've styled a pyjama shirt with a pyjama trouser, but I'm cleverly subverting the 'pyjamas as daywear' trend by wearing them at night. Fierce.

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JumpHerWho · 19/02/2013 22:56

Grin Amber!

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RedPencils · 19/02/2013 23:05

Why is everything 'teamed with' something else. Top teamed with skirt. Coat teamed with bangles. Wtf are they on about.

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ujjayi · 20/02/2013 00:23

And don't forget that in order to "team" a garment with another you must "throw on" said items.

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Internationaltraveller · 20/02/2013 02:20

ceeveebee the popping colour!!!!!!!lol

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Mendi · 20/02/2013 06:02

Yes and you can't just 'wear' your 'trouser'/'boot'/whatever; you have to 'rock' it.

The worst offender in Grazia is that Polly Vernon. FFS woman! You're at least 40, not 15! Why are you talking that nonsense??

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chanie44 · 20/02/2013 06:57

'I like to have fun with my clothes'.

I enjoy clothes as much as the next person, but I wouldn't call it 'fun'.

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SneakyBiscuitEater · 20/02/2013 07:00

Don't forget a red lip and a Smokey eye!

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OddSocksFrillyFrock · 20/02/2013 07:11

You can't just wear pretty, delicate items on their own, you must 'toughen the look up by teaming it with a leather biker jacket/pair of boots.' Annoying.

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PaleHousewifeOfCumbriaCounty · 20/02/2013 08:06

This morning ive 'mixed up' my dressing goen look by not wearing a bra. Do i go red lips or nude?

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bulletwithbutterflywings · 20/02/2013 08:25

Oh god, don't forget to add a bright eye-shadow to make your eyes pop!

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wildfig · 20/02/2013 08:37

Luxe! Is it all 'luxe'? Whatever that means, as the word doesn't seem to exist in any other context?

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KandyBarr · 20/02/2013 08:55

'Tricksy' when used to mean tricky - as in 'peplums can be tricksy to get right'.

Tricksy doesn't mean tricky, FFS - it means devious.

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PoppyAmex · 20/02/2013 08:58

Rocking a colour block look.
A bold lip.

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ujjayi · 20/02/2013 10:39

The all time low of this has to be Jess Cartner-Morley referring to "an opaque tight".

Words fail me.

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MissBeehivingUnderTheMistletoe · 20/02/2013 11:06

My personal favourite is a "statement brow"

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freddiefrog · 20/02/2013 11:15

What on earth is a statement brow? Is it like my DH's mono-brow? Grin

My pet hate is 'colour-way'

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RedPencils · 20/02/2013 11:24

I must confess to having a 'statement brow'. The statement being that I'm a lazy skank who doesn't get them waxed often enough.

What other statement can you make with your eyebrows?

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JumpHerWho · 20/02/2013 11:47

If 'skinny jeans' were rebranded 'tight jeans' sales would drop dramatically.

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