The NYTimes has a great list of Worn-Out Fashion Terms. They’ve got a few of my pet peeves list.

Couture: Calling something “couture” doesn’t make it hand-sewn or high class. Yet the word popped up everywhere last year, from discount Web sites to Canal Street pushcarts. It’s even uttered repeatedly on HSN and QVC to describe handbags, dresses and almost anything else. You can trust that the rayon and polyester cape selling for $49.95 was not hand-stitched by petite seamstresses in a Parisian atelier.

Fashionista: The word has gone from describing a class of urban style-conscientious sophisticates to becoming a lazy and cheap byword for anyone with a modicum of taste. (See “hipster.”)

Fashionista is probably my most hated word. I can’t stand it when people call me this but I”m usually too polite to get on their case about it. Hopefully, this article will finally put this word to death.

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