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!) |