Definitions
Wiktionary
- adj. fashion, of clothes Excessively color-coordinated.
Examples
“Mix different shades of turquoise, don't do the dreaded matchy-matchy.”
The Huffington Post: Courtney Cachet: What's Hot Right Now: Turquoise
“The hotel says no two rooms are alike, and furnishings are not intended to look matchy-matchy.”
“My days of Martha Stewart's matchy-matchy everything are over.”
The Wall Street Journal: Coming to Grips With 'Extreme Downsizing'
“Start layering in colors, but don't go matchy-matchy.”
“Nina thinks proper styling could have helped the look a lot, and she and Heidi agree that everything is too "matchy-matchy.”
The Huffington Post: Una LaMarche: Project Runway Episode 10 Recap: The Fabric of Their Lives
“The other two are too matchy-matchy and really obviously balanced.”
Book Cover Smackdown! Panverse One vs. Madness of Flowers vs. The God Engines
“When it comes to vibrant colors, never go matchy-matchy; that's just hokey.”
“While I'm not normally matchy-matchy, I do feel that staying in the same spectrum as your lipstick is most flattering a clash makes you look like Nick Rhodes circa Rio.”
“What's great about this room is that it's not too matchy-matchy.”
“He loves that it's not matchy-matchy and that it manages to be "goddess of the sea" without veering into costume territory.”
The Huffington Post: Una LaMarche: Project Runway Episode 4 Recap: That Darn Hat
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘matchy-matchy’.
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Reduples
Go for it, brothers and sisters! I personally have been suffering long for lack of an open reduplicatives list
happy clappy, bribble-brabble, diddle-daddle, hugger-mugger, kikiriki, Bora-Bora, mahi-mahi, jingle-jangle, knick-knack paddy..., chit-chat, bon-bon, clapperclaw and 292 more...
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Fa-Fa-Fashion
silly fashion words, and not-so-silly ones
jombats, skorts, meggings, jeggings, skousers, shoots, mankini, shooties, tankini, monokini, watchlet, jardigan and 18 more...
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Go Fug Yourself
EVERYONE coins sartorial witticisms, as we can read in glossies left and right, but the ones in this blog genuinely amuse me
capital of nudesv..., bodacious leonas, hammer capris, scientologist, he..., butt cleav, fungal costume, polterwang, hot mess, non-skill-set, the tiniest lohan, kicky, soft-boiled lady ... and 38 more...
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fashion faux pas
cameltoe, muffin top, whale tail, coin slot, plumber's crack, dagenham smile, buttock cleavage, moose knuckle, chicken cutlet, go commando, freeball, matchy-matchy and 18 more...
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Clothing and such
slacks, galoshes, slicker, fascinator, mackintosh, kitten heel, jeggings, matchy-matchy, slippers, shawl
Tweets
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sionnach especially of fabrics, matching to a high degree; the opposite of mixy-matchy. Dec 27, 2007