high style

noun

: the newest style in fashion or design usually adopted by a limited number of people

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Often in chic, matching outfits and headbands, Annie appreciates high style and cohesion. Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 July 2025 The upper echelons of their society, at least, seem to live in high style. Bruce Dorminey, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025 For shoes, Qualley wore slick Chanel bicolor ballet flats—a departure from the high styles typically worn on Cannes red carpets. Mikelle Street, Footwear News, 24 May 2025 The plot has been transposed to an environment Lee knows well — New York City, lushly captured — allowing the director to make the film his own, with wit, high style and kinetic energy to burn. David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 24 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for high style

Word History

First Known Use

1933, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of high style was in 1933

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“High style.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high%20style. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

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