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chichi

adj. affectedly trendy and fashionable

chichi

adj. affectedly trendy and fashionable

dressy

adj. in fancy clothing

modish, stylish, in vogue, in style, a la mode, à la mode

adj. in the current fashion or style

spruce, jaunty, raffish, rakish, snappy, dapper, dashing, natty

adj. marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat"

faddish, faddy

adj. intensely fashionable for a short time

in

adj. currently fashionable; "the in thing to do"; "large shoulder pads are in"

mod, modern, up-to-date, up to date

adj. relating to a recently developed fashion or style; "their offices are in a modern skyscraper"; "tables in modernistic designs";

smart

adj. of or associated with people of fashion; "the fashionable side of town"; "the smart set"

trendsetting, trend-setting

adj. initiating or popularizing a trend

trendy, voguish

adj. in accord with the latest fad; "trendy ideas"; "trendy clothes"; "voguish terminology"

chic, smart

adj. elegant and stylish; "chic elegance"; "a smart new dress"; "a suit of voguish cut"

swish, classy, posh

adj. elegant and fashionable; "classy clothes"; "a classy dame"; "a posh restaurant"; "a swish pastry shop on the Rue du Bac"- Julia Child

flamboyant, aureate, showy, florid

adj. elaborately or excessively ornamented; "flamboyant handwriting"; "the senator's florid speech"

baroque, churrigueresque, churrigueresco

adj. having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation; "the building...frantically baroque"-William Dean Howells

busy, fussy

adj. overcrowded or cluttered with detail; "a busy painting"; "a fussy design"

battlemented, castellated, castled, crenelated, crenellated

adj. having or resembling repeated square indentations like those in a battlement; "a crenelated molding"

crackle

adj. having the surface decorated with a network of fine cracks, as in crackleware; "a crackle glaze"

damascene, damascened

adj. (of metals) decorated or inlaid with a wavy pattern of different (especially precious) metals; "a damascened sword"

damask

adj. having a woven pattern; "damask table linens"

elaborate, intricate

adj. marked by complexity and richness of detail; "an elaborate lace pattern"

crenelate, crenellate, indented, crenelated, crenellated, embattled

adj. having or resembling repeated square indentations like those in a battlement; "a crenelated molding"

lacy, lacelike

adj. made of or resembling lace; "a lacy gown"; "a lacy leaf"

puff, full, puffed

adj. gathered for protruding fullness; "puff sleeves"

rococo

adj. having excessive asymmetrical ornamentation; "an exquisite gilded rococo mirror"

vermiculate, vermicular, vermiculated

adj. decorated with wormlike tracery or markings; "vermicular (or vermiculated) stonework"

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