high fashion

noun

Examples of high fashion in a Sentence

boutiques that sell high fashion to the very wealthy
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Over the following four, nearly five decades, the small, boutique label has grown into a major fashion house, turning out ready-to-wear apparel, runway-ready high fashion, accessories, jewelry, footwear, and fragrances. Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 2 June 2026 Since releasing Testing in 2018, the A$AP Mob rapper had three children with Rihanna, became synonymous with high fashion, and endured a very public felony assault trial (he was found not guilty). Spin Staff, SPIN, 1 June 2026 For Osaka, blending high fashion into her day job is both a crucial form of self-expression and homage to her predecessors such as Venus and Serena Williams, who caused a stir and defined an era of tennis fashion with their boundary pushing designs. Ava Wallace, New York Times, 28 May 2026 Developed more than a decade ago, the Xpandable™ line of high fashion rings, eternity rings and bracelets embodies proprietary PICCHIOTTI problem-solving technologies. Kyle Roderick, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026 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 10 Jun. 2026.

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