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Meaning: (idiomatic)A person who is particularly concerned that theirclothingandphysicalappearanceconformsto the current, acceptedstyle.1853,T. S. Arthur, “Going to the Springs; or, Vulgar People,”, inHeart-Histories and Life-Pictures:She was a girl of imposing appearance and winning manners. But this staggered him. If she were such aslave to fashionand observance, she was not the woman for his wife.1998May 4, Arlyn Gajilan, Beth Kwon, “Tales from the Ruler's Crypt”, inNewsweek:The orders were simple: keep it plain, keep it proletarian. Apparently, Lenin was never aslave to fashionwhen he was alive, so officials thought he should not be one in death.
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