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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
fashion statement
noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ She wears old army uniforms as a fashion statement.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But one man stands alone, and he's making his own fashion statement.
▪ Now it was to become a fashion statement for the world.
▪ The Minipod is more than a fashion statement.
▪ The textiles from Qawrighul are more than a fashion statement.
▪ Tonight, you might take the shaved head as a fashion statement.
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fashion statement

n. A non-verbal statement made in fashion or makeup, especially one aiming to provoke a response.

Usage examples of "fashion statement".

The handsome vampire managed to wear my castoff clothes and make them look like some kind of fashion statement.

As it was, Women's Wear Daily didn't like her normal choice of clothing, as though her white lab coat was a fashion statement -- no, it was her uniform, like the Marines who stood at the doors to the White House, and one she wore with considerable pride.

Not much use being a big fashion statement in Coonabarabran, is there?

They were all saying now that the homburg was some kind of a Fashion Statement, but William A.

On most women, Adam thought they tended to look clunky, but on Ximena they seemed to make a fashion statement in keeping with her profession.

Julianna was doing the same now, but not for the fashion statement.

I didn't think it was a fashion statement, more like he hadn't had time to go to the barbershop in awhile.

The fashion statement got started in jail when inmates had their belts confiscated so they wouldn't hang themselves or someone else.