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A person with pathology caused by dressing á haute couture (e.g., high heels, which increase degenerative joint disease of the feet), i.e., a person victimised by fashion

fashion victim

Orthopedics A person with pathology 2º to dressing á haute couture–eg, high heels, which ↑ DJD of the feet–ie, person victimized by fashion Vox populi A popular term for a person who feels to compelled to dress á haute couture–ie, a victim of fashion. See Degenerative joint disease.

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Fashion Victims is divided into four parts: Court and City; New and Novel; Fashion and Fantasy; and Revolution and Recovery.

Fashion Victims: Dress at the Court of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette

General production look is routine; "Fashion Victims" won't lose anything in smallscreen translation.

Fashion Victims

She said: 'Cat Deeley knocking Posh off the top slot to win this Style Icon award shows that young British women aren't interested in being fashion victims.'

Cat beats Posh to the cream; Write stuff: Victoria signs books after losing her Style Icon crown to SM:tv Live's Deeley

CALL us fashion victims if you must (but we may fall out).

Fashion: fashion bullseye! oops! Ker-ching!

Made according to the dictates of traditional sumi-e technique, which requires the artist to make quick, decisive strokes, these focus primarily on details such as beads of sweat and eyes so exaggeratedly thick-lashed that they recall A Clockwork Orange's ultraviolent fashion victims, the Droogs.

Yoshitaka Amano. (Reviews: New York)

It appointed Palmer Hargreaves Mint to establish Design Loake with 30 to 45-year-old men who are style-conscious, but not fashion victims.

Marketing & Media: Perfect fit for Loake shoe campaign

It says scooter riders could become fashion victims if they are involved in a crash - by not wearing protective clothing used by motor cyclists.

Warning on scooter rider injuries; DRIVETIME

EAR-PIERCING can turn women into real fashion victims, the Sunday Mercury can reveal today.

Horror scars left by ear-piercing

They're now ending up here as the owners are fashion victims."

ABANDONED DOGS FASHION VICTIMS' ECHO BITE BACK

The Days Of Our Lives actress was left sprawling full-length on the floor and the two ended up looking more like fashion victims than icons.

Pussycat falls

At least that's what the fashion police would have us believe and naturally the fashion houses smell an opportunity to exploit some foolish fashion victims.

Clare McKeon's column: FLIPPIN' DEAR

POP diva Sophie Ellis Bextor has revealed she won't turn others into fashion victims - even for anti-fur group PETA.