to grimace when people describe items of clothes

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as 'pieces'. As in: "I have a few pieces from Primark's Summer 08 Collection"

Pieces is okay but only if you're talking about genuine vintage couture worth thousands of pounds, or sculptural masterpieces etc and stored lovingly in oil free tissue paper as they are works of art.

Otherwise you can fuck off with your pieces of meh.

Semen product = great line.

Can I add 'found' as used by up-themselves people in magazines talking about the stuff in their house property.
Eg. "I found this fun retro clock in BHS four years ago".
No. You bought it. In the High St.

Don't get me on 'sourced'.

Love the idea of the label Covet & Faux!

I hate the word 'luxe' Totally hate it. It's a fashion meme, along wth something being a 'statement, 'bang on trend' and the 'pop' of colour. Only the other day I was told that my baby's outfit really suited her and made her eyes pop. Everything clenched in response.

Fucking hilarious ladies.

Fashion.

Forward.

PMSL. You are all soooo right.

I always have a little guffaw when I go into a particular shop in Brighton, after a shop assistant sweetly informed me that their clothes that season were "luxury peasant chic". I mean, WTF? It was all said with a completely straight face. Years ago now. We're channelling luxe pauper popping pieces or god knows what now.

Yep all of those things get on my nerves; Nicky Hambleton-Jones who used to present 10 Years Younger is one of the worst ones for saying things like "key pieces" or "tapered trouser". Very annoying!

What I find odd too is in magazines, you know how in some each week there's a page about clothes and it has the fashion and style "team" talking about what things you've just got to buy this week. I find it odd that a) they seem to live and breathe clothes and b) they assume that everyone has an unlimited budget to buy "the latest must-have black latex glove" or whatever.

Oh "sourced" is a big one of mine too, grr. Whenever someone says "sourced", you will hear me mutter "bought".

I cant stand "Im going to team that top with those city shorts" etc etc.

Team? Are you Gok Wan.... No, you're not!

Yy to all these...

Although i must admit i do rock a headband, i even have some pieces from the Poundland 'hair' collection... its not really bang on trend i like to think more fashion forward...

YANBU.
From what I have seen on TV the whole fashion industry is deeply pretentious and trivial, I would say more than any other business. It's quite funny to see it filter down to the level of Primark.
This pretentious attitude does seem to have spread to the world of interior design, probably the most 'unneccessary' industry ever.
The whole thing is designed to get us to spend as much money as possible replacing things that are still perfectly useable/wearable.

I was once told by a colleague that "tights are really big this autumn".

To which I replied "well yours might be..."

And wondered if tights are ever not big when it gets cold...

At least she referred to them in the plural

"its the perfect 'pant'" - if anyone says 'pant' referring to an item of clothing I have to leave the room, dry heaving.

ladybiscuit I'm with you on 'pops' too

Is this like when people describe a room as a "space"?

Or have use "injection of colour" to describe the one red cushion in the boring as shit beige room.

Love all of these although nobody has mentioned "slick" as in "slick on some lipgloss".
Immediately makes me think of oil slick and that won't sell me the lipgloss. It's such a squirmy word.

i have been on mn too long

Yes to all of these. never heard of pop but really dislike Chanelling. Sounds like some sort of tiling technique.

domestic that wasn't Simultane/ Sarah Arnett was it? i loved that shop. the manageress was a total fashionista who once ran Oxford St Topshop and i met her at a party..(complete with geometric bob and perfect make up even though it was a fairly hippyish party) she insisted i should wear make up...

i have 'pieces' from Sarah Arnett. But clothes from charity shops.

Oh yes to all of these. I also hate people banging on about the 'provenance' of their food.

Can't bear 'property' either. A friend has just started to use this and it's driving me nuts.

DP also have a sweepstake on how far into Grand Designs Kevin McCloud will harp on about the 'integrity' of the building. I do love Kev though, so I allow it

that should say 'DP and I'

We play Integrity Bingo too

people also talk about 'wearing' a handbag, WTF?