lookbook
See also: look book
English
Alternative forms
- look book
Etymology
look + book
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlʊkbʊk/
Noun
lookbook (plural lookbooks)
- (fashion, colloquial) A comprehensive directory of fashion-related companies and people, such as fashion designers, industry figures, brands and retail stores.
- (fashion, colloquial) A printed showcase of still images of a fashion designer or fashion brand’s collection with pages bound along one side.
- 2009 June 11, Eric Wilson, “Why Round Sunglasses? A Style Investigation”, in New York Times:
- A new line called Suno replicated the staging of Mr. Sidibé’s photographs for its lookbook, right down to the checkerboard marble floor.
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Verb
lookbook (third-person singular simple present lookbooks, present participle lookbooking, simple past and past participle lookbooked)
- (fashion, colloquial) To locate fashion-related information by means of a directory.
- She lookbooked little black dresses in order to locate the one she wanted.
French
Etymology
From English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /luk.buk/
Noun
lookbook m (plural lookbooks)
- lookbook