Sentence examples for chic effect from inspiring English sources

Coco disdains corsets, sometimes dresses in men's garments, and adapts simple hats and fisherman's shirts to marvelously chic effect.

Mr. Scott noted that "Ms. Tautou's fierce and sinewy performance represents a decisive break with the dimpled-pixie typecasting she has been struggling against since 'Amélie.' " He added: "Coco disdains corsets, sometimes dresses in men's garments, and adapts simple hats and fishermen's shirts to marvelously chic effect.

Experiment with different texture paint around the frame for a shabby chic effect.

For maximum curator-chic effect, team with a graphic colour-blocked shift.

In the main dining room, heavy wood shares space with old metal rafters for a pump-house-chic effect.

Apart from polishing the wooden floor, I haven't got round to changing much, even though I hate everything about the design – the previous owner had used a shabby-chic effect on the paintwork.

The key message of this show was that longerlength straight skirts and cropped wide-legged trousers – the same silhouette, in effect – are chic for spring.

This has, perhaps, changed in recent years (call it geek chic or the Brian Cox effect if you will) though many historians will tell you science has always been popular.

Solar panels mushroom on the hill above the big, rough-sawn wooden lodge out of necessity, with eco-chic a happy side effect.

The overall effect is "very chic", her dad says.

The eclectic menu draws on Admony's Iranian and Yemeni heritage, and with cocktails more cleverly named than executed Simcha (Hebrew for "joy") and Yalla (Arabic for "hurry up")—the over-all effect is Levantine chic.