fashion victim

fashion victim

A person who places too much value on popular trends and styles. It's one thing to have good taste in clothing, but it's another to be a fashion victim who always needs to be seen wearing popular brand names.
See also: fashion, victim
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • it's all the same to me
  • be up to (one)
  • be up to somebody
  • good to be here
  • (it's) good to be here
  • be all one to
  • it's all (the) one to me
  • it's on me
  • if it's all the same
  • hone in
References in periodicals archive
Fashion Victims: Dress at the Court of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette
Fashion Victims: Dress at the Court of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette
Suddenly fashion victim takes on a whole new meaning..
Wannabee models' unease at pervy tasks
"Normally, my style is bit more understated but when asked to be in a photo one must tap into that inner fashion victim," jokes Kolotouros, who didn't take scissors to her own coif but let celeb stylist Sally Hershberger do the job.
L.P. & Pelagia
I CAN'T say I agree with your Fashion Victim columnist, Emma Johnson, in Style City about whether schoolgirls should be allowed to wear fake tan.
Letter: School's for learning
Luckily Susan doesn't mind being a fashion victim and can't wait for her second Games.
Athletics: SUE'S FANCY DRESS
Bardwell's--I mean Dorian's--story is that he's an alienated high-school fashion victim who is bad at sports.
Here we go again
He also says grey is coming back and warns the industry to brace for "Fashion Victim Pink."
Colorful presentations at IFDA/NY
"Fashion Victim doesn't look very keen to start," calls Thommo, "but I'm sure he'll do it now."
`It never pretends to be in the big-time, and it`s honesty makes it hard to fault'
Fashion victim: infective endocarditis after nasal piercing.
Haemophilus aphrophilus endocarditis after tongue piercing. (Dispatches)
The phrase "fashion victim" has taken on new meaning in Japan, as the rage for extreme forms of platform shoes has resulted in two deaths.
Japan's Killer New Fashion
Actress Elisa Donovan, who plays fashion victim Amber in the TV series Clueless, crossed over the line in 1992 to battle anorexia, an eating disorder marked by an intense fear of gaining weight or getting fat (see "The Skinny on Eating Disorders," p.
WALKING A THIN LINE
She's not a fashion victim. She was the first to go casual.
Global marketing advice: know the share values
What was humorous was that a celebrity on one arbiter's Hit List could be deemed a fashion victim in other media coverage around the world.
From predictable columns to cutting-edge cutwork: Fashion extremes at the Golden Globes
Immune to recession, never mind resolution, Isla Fisher flashes the plastic as a smitten Manhattan fashion victim. The box office didn't go ka-ching, it went kerr-runch.
FRIDAY