scruff | niechluj, brudas | |
pastel | in pale colour | |
power outfits | formal clothes to make you seem powerful | |
frumpy | bez gustu, nudny | |
outfit | set of clothes | |
dress codes | accepted way of dressing | |
dress down | wear less formal clothes | |
smart-casual | informal but clean,tidy, stylish | |
dressy | szykowny, wytworny, elegancki | |
skimpy | skąpy, kusy / close-fitting, using less material | |
baggy | loose | |
snazzy | modern, stylish / odlotowy :D | |
to be dressed to kill | attract people's attention (sexually) | |
off the page/rack | ze stojska ? (!) | |
on the high street | z ulicy ? (!) | |
all the rage | very fashionable | |
in the height of fashion | extremely fashionable way | |
up-to-the-minute | most recent | |
set a new trend | started new fashion | |
ahead of your time | new ideas before they are fashionable | |
catch on | become popular | |
slave of/to fashion | sb strongly influenced by fashion | |
(to speak) off the cuff | mówić z miejsca, z marszu (bez przygotowania) | |
to be hand in glove with someone | close working relationship with | |
cloak-and-dagger | potajemny, sekretny | |
to have/take the shirt off someone's back | someone's last possession | |
do sth on a shoestring | spending as little as possible | |
without frills | simple and plain / bez bajerów | |
to put someone in a straitjacket | restrict someone's freedom | |
to wear the trousers | to be the dominant partner in marriage (woman!) | |