Fashion & Appearance

American slang for clothing, style, and personal appearance

はじめに

アメリカのファッションスラングは、ヒップホップ、SNS、ストリートウェア文化の影響を受けて急速に進化しています。「drip」があるとか、フレッシュな「fit」とか、「glow-up」したとか——これらはアメリカ人がスタイルと外見について語る方法を反映しています。

この章では、ファッション、服装、個人のスタイルに関するアメリカのスラングを紹介します。日常のドレスアップからハイファッション文化まで幅広くカバーします。

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この章のアメリカ英語スラング一覧（91）

• Glow-up A dramatic positive transformation in someone's appearance, style, or overall...
• Fit Short for 'outfit' — the combination of clothes someone is wearing.
• Snatched Looking extremely good, attractive, or perfectly styled — especially referrin...
• Drippy Having an exceptionally stylish appearance, oozing with fashion sense.
• Fit check An invitation or request to show off what you're wearing, often used on socia...
• OOTD Acronym for 'Outfit Of The Day' — a social media post showcasing what someone...
• Put together Looking well-dressed, coordinated, and polished in appearance.
• Hypebeast Someone obsessed with buying and wearing trendy, brand-name fashion items pur...
• Kicks Shoes, especially sneakers or athletic footwear.
• Deadstock Brand new, unworn sneakers or clothing still in original packaging.
• Cop To buy or acquire something, especially a desirable fashion item or sneaker.
• Holy grail The single most coveted item in someone's fashion or beauty collection — the ...
• Sauce Personal style, swagger, and confident flair in how someone dresses and carri...
• Serving Presenting yourself in an exceptionally impressive way, delivering a stunning...
• Lewk A distinctive, carefully curated outfit or style statement — a deliberate fas...
• Beat face Flawlessly applied makeup that looks polished and professional.
• Cake face Wearing excessively heavy or poorly blended makeup that looks thick and unnat...
• Snack An attractive person — someone who looks good enough to be considered desirable.
• Baddie An attractive, confident woman who looks put-together and stylish, especially...
• Dime piece An extremely attractive person, rated a perfect 10 out of 10.
• Thirst trap A provocative or alluring photo posted on social media to attract attention a...
• Threads Clothes or clothing in general — what someone is wearing.
• Decked out Dressed up elaborately with lots of accessories, jewelry, or fancy clothes.
• Dolled up Dressed up glamorously with full makeup and stylish clothes, like a doll.
• Getup An outfit or ensemble, often one that's unusual, eye-catching, or worth comme...
• Blinged out Covered in flashy, sparkly jewelry or accessories — heavily decorated with bl...
• Ice Diamonds or expensive, sparkly jewelry.
• Laced up Wearing fresh, clean sneakers — looking good from the shoes up.
• Sharp Well-dressed in a crisp, polished way — looking neat and impressive.
• Dapper A man who is neatly and stylishly dressed, looking polished and well-groomed.
• Sleek Having a smooth, polished, and streamlined appearance — stylishly minimal.
• Werk An exclamation of encouragement when someone is showing off their look, style...
• Poppin' Looking attractive, exciting, or standing out in a crowd — visually impressive.
• Looking like a snack Looking very attractive — good enough to eat, metaphorically speaking.
• Looking like a meal Looking extremely attractive — an intensified version of 'looking like a snack.'
• Glammed up Made up in a glamorous, polished way — full hair, makeup, and dressy clothes.
• Cleans up nice Someone who looks surprisingly good when they dress up, compared to their usu...
• Scrub Someone who doesn't take care of their appearance and lacks ambition or style.
• Bummy Looking sloppy, unkempt, or dressed in ratty, lazy clothes.
• Glow down The opposite of a glow-up — a noticeable decline in someone's appearance over...
• Steppin' out Going out somewhere while looking especially well-dressed and put together.
• Rocking Wearing something with confidence and making it look good.
• Dressed to the nines Wearing your very best, most formal, and most impressive clothes.
• Dressed to kill Wearing an outfit so impressive it's designed to stun everyone who sees it.
• Head-turner Someone or something so attractive or impressive that people literally turn t...
• Stunner Someone who is stunningly attractive or an outfit that is breathtakingly impr...
• Hottie An attractive person — someone who is physically good-looking.
• A ten Someone rated 10 out of 10 in attractiveness — an extremely good-looking person.
• Arm candy An attractive person who accompanies someone as a date, primarily for their l...
• Smokeshow An extremely attractive person — someone so hot they're practically smoking.
• Clean-cut Having a neat, well-groomed, and wholesome appearance — tidy hair, clean clot...
• Preppy A style associated with East Coast prep schools — polo shirts, khakis, boat s...
• Streetwear A casual fashion style rooted in hip-hop, skate, and urban culture — sneakers...
• Athleisure Athletic clothing worn as everyday casual wear — yoga pants, sneakers, and sp...
• Normcore A fashion trend of deliberately wearing plain, unbranded, 'normal' clothing a...
• Drip or drown Either have great style or get left behind — a fashion ultimatum about the im...
• Cop or drop A decision format: should you buy this item (cop) or pass on it (drop)?
• Retail therapy Shopping as a way to improve your mood or cope with stress.
• Haul A large shopping purchase, or a video/post showing off everything you bought.
• Thrifted Bought from a thrift store or secondhand shop — found as a used bargain.
• Vintage Clothing from a previous era that is valued for its quality, rarity, or nosta...
• Closet staple A versatile, essential piece of clothing that everyone should have in their w...
• Flex on 'em To show off your style, wealth, or possessions to impress or outshine others.
• Done up Dressed up nicely with attention to hair, makeup, and outfit — looking polished.
• Fade A popular men's haircut where the hair gradually tapers from longer on top to...
• Lineup A clean, sharp edge along the hairline, forehead, and sideburns created by a ...
• Old money A fashion aesthetic inspired by generational wealth — understated luxury, cla...
• Clean girl A minimalist beauty and fashion aesthetic emphasizing dewy skin, slicked-back...
• That girl A social media lifestyle aesthetic of being a polished, productive, put-toget...
• Makeover A complete transformation of someone's appearance — new hair, makeup, wardrob...
• Beat to the gods Makeup applied so flawlessly and beautifully that it looks divine — the highe...
• It girl A woman who is the epitome of style and cultural relevance at any given momen...
• Trendsetter Someone who starts or popularizes new fashion trends — a style leader others ...
• Cottagecore A fashion and lifestyle aesthetic romanticizing rural, pastoral life — floral...
• Dark academia A fashion and lifestyle aesthetic inspired by old European universities — twe...
• Boho chic A fashion style blending bohemian free-spiritedness with modern elegance — fl...
• Runway ready Looking polished and stylish enough to walk a fashion runway — dressed to pro...
• Mother A term of ultimate admiration for someone who serves flawless style, grace, a...
• Sickening So stylish, fierce, and flawless that it makes people sick with envy — the ul...
• Swaggy Having a cool, confident style — the adjective form of swagger.
• Dressing down Wearing more casual clothes than usual — deliberately choosing a relaxed look.
• Fits like a glove Clothing that fits perfectly — as if it was custom-made for the wearer.
• Pulled up Arrived somewhere looking impressive and stylish — showed up in style.
• Foxy Sexually attractive in a sly, alluring way — good-looking with a hint of clev...
• Red carpet ready Dressed so immaculately that you could walk a celebrity red carpet event.
• Bag A designer handbag or purse — a key fashion status symbol.
• Chains Necklaces, especially thick gold or diamond necklaces associated with hip-hop...
• Grungy A deliberately messy, worn-in fashion style inspired by 1990s grunge music cu...
• Monochrome An outfit styled entirely in one color or shades of one color — a deliberatel...
• Dupe A cheaper alternative that closely resembles a designer or luxury item — a bu...
• Capsule wardrobe A small, curated collection of versatile clothing pieces that all mix and mat...