Fashion Victim
As a fashion victim ( German fashion victims ) will be referred to a person who is always looking for the latest fashion is dressed and every trend participates. It is based on fashion magazines and prefers trendy brands and labels. The fashion expert and author Michelle Lee defines Fashion Victim as a person who slavishly follows every trend, even if it doesn't suit his or her own type.
Sometimes the term is also used for someone who wears impossible clothes and is characterized by a lack of style and taste in fashion. Celebrity Fashion Victims are featured in a "worst-dressed star" list in the United States each year by People magazine .
The opposite of Fashion Victim is a fashion grouch .
Cultural references
Fashion Victim is the title of both a short film from 2003 and a 2008 film about the murder of Gianni Versace . A song by the band Green Day is also called Fashion Victim .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Fashion: The USA, a country without taste? . stern.de . September 17, 2003. Archived from the original on February 13, 2013. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 11, 2013.
- ↑ Fashion: German men don't have a grouch? . DER SPIEGEL 38/1976. September 13, 1976. Retrieved February 11, 2013.
- ^ Fashion Victim (2003) - IMDb
- ^ Fashion Victim (2008) - IMDb
literature
- Michelle Lee: Fashion Victim: Our Love-Hate Relationship with Dressing, Shopping, and the Cost of Style , Broadway Books 2003, ISBN 0-7679-1048-6