designer brand
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3.0
- noun
- /dɪˈzaɪnər brænd/
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marca de diseñador
- The celebrity was seen in a stunning dress from a well-known designer brand during the awards show.
You know what is not attractive is wearing fake designer brand items.
- You know what is not attractive is wearing fake designer brand items.
- OK, how is a luxury brand different from a designer brand?
- I'm not going to lie, Chanel is the one designer brand that I wear over and over and over again, and I use the items consistently.
- And men have their own designer brands that they buy into and they need the label on it to show everybody that they've got this sort of thing.
- She is Indian by origin but her her whole designer brand and her company is all international.
- Maybe I'm just don't know enough about designer brands.
- We're talking about designer brands, that nice car, impressing your friends, impressing your family, impressing strangers.
Examples
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What designer brand was the dress you wore at dinner with Sean on your last date?
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Almost every luxury designer brand dreams of setting up shop in this locality.
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Optical stores provide designer brands, like Prada Sport Glasses; here you may see beautiful frames to pick from.
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I'm not going to lie, Chanel is the one designer brand that I wear over and over and over again, and I use the items consistently.
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But if you dissect the relationship between fast fashion and designer fashion, you'll notice that fast fashion is driving sales in luxury/designer brands.
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She loves wearing items from her favorite designer brand, especially the latest collection.
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Many shoppers lined up early to purchase the exclusive items from the new designer brand at the fashion event.
Synonyms
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4.1
A famous Italian fashion company that makes expensive clothes and bags
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5.1
A famous Italian fashion house that makes expensive clothes and accessories
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4.2
A French fashion brand that makes expensive clothes, bags, and perfume
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7.4
A French luxury brand known for leather goods and silk scarves
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Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: combining 'designer' (a person who designs fashion) with 'brand' (a named product/company) yields a brand associated with designers. This noun–noun combination and the idea of a fashion label is common cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both words is very likely to infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Designer brand comes from clothes and bags that carry a famous creator's name on the label: the designer is the well-known maker and the brand is the name people buy, not a mass-made item. So, designer brand now means a high-fashion label that is 'exclusive' and often 'expensive'.