high fashion

noun

1

: high style

2

: haute couture

Examples of high fashion in a Sentence

boutiques that sell high fashion to the very wealthy

Recent Examples on the Web

The other became synonymous with luxury retail, designer fashion and the glamour of Knightsbridge, helping redefine department store shopping during the 1990’s and became an icon of high fashion and ‘Absolutely Fabulous’ punch-lines. — Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

And then the last one, which would be very high fashion and couture would be Givenchy. — Ralphie Aversa, USA Today, 30 June 2026

The rapper blends her innate New York style with high fashion and luxury footwear styles, creating ultra-unique and flashy looks. — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 30 June 2026

Ryan Murphy and Matthew Hodgson’s satirical body horror saga about the production of a drug that increases physical attractiveness with deadly consequences takes place in the rarified worlds of high fashion in a world that’s somehow even more image obsessed than our own. — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 8 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1870, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Rhymes for high fashion

• compassion
• ashen
• passion
• ration
• internation