French style
Chic continental aesthetic
French style describes refined elegance associated with France—in fashion, interior design, cooking, or general aesthetic.
She decorated the apartment in French style.
In sexual slang, French style refers to oral sex, from longstanding English associations of the French with libertine sexuality.
- haute coutureCustom luxury dressmaking
- croissantLayered crescent-shaped pastry
- rococoExcessively elaborate in style
- savoir-faireInstinctive social competence
- ImpressionismArt movement emphasizing light
baguette · silk scarves · prêt-à-porter · flâneur · tailored suits · chic · parquet flooring · joie de vivre · beret · chandeliers · pâtisserie · petit four · surrealism · romanticism · existentialism · café culture · bistro table · left bank
- Cultural styles
- French LiteratureVictor Hugo, Hugo, Alexandre Dumas, Dumas, Jules Verne
- design stylesart deco, Art Nouveau, art nouveau, Bauhaus, minimalism
- French Culturebaguette, baguettes, beret, berets, brie
- high fashionrunway, haute couture, catwalk, couture, designer wear
- elegancerefinement, sophistication, poise, grace, class
French styleover-the-top
Excessively dramatic or extravagant
garish · ostentatious · gaudy · bling · bedazzled
French, style, France, Frenchman, Frenchwoman, stylish, stylize, stylized, stylization