high style
Peak aesthetic refinement
High style refers to the most formal, elevated register of language or artistic expression—the kind associated with serious literature, classical art, or ceremonial occasions.
In fashion, high style means sophisticated, trend-setting design from elite designers: She arrived in high style, wearing vintage Chanel.
To do something in high style is to do it elegantly or lavishly.
- haute coutureCustom luxury dressmaking
- black tieFormal evening dress code
- red carpetCeremonial welcome flooring
- eleganceRefined, graceful quality
- chicTasteful, current flair
sophistication · glamour · fashion forward · luxe · designer · runway · vogue · cutting edge · refined · polished · couture · opulent · fashionable · sleek · tailored · old money · posh · well heeled
- stylechic, elegant, stylishness, classic, chicness
- rhetoricrhetoric, persuasion, oratory, argumentation, debate
- bombastbombast, grandiloquence, magniloquence, pomposity, fustian
- speech stylesinformal speech, formal speech, colloquial, vernacular, plain speech
high styleinformal style
Relaxed, unofficial manner
vernacular · colloquial · demotic · folksy · homespun
high styleutilitarian
Prioritizing function over beauty
minimalism · functionalism · simplicity · austerity · plainness
high stylelowbrow
Lacking intellectual depth
vernacular · kitsch · mass-market · low culture · downmarket
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