frou-frou

or frou·frou

[ froo-froo ]

noun

1. elaborate decoration, as frills, ribbons, or ruffles, especially on women's clothing.
2. elaborate detail.
3. a rustling, particularly the rustling of silk, as in a woman's dress.

adjective

1. elaborately decorated; fussy:

   frou-frou bedroom decor.

2. having elaborate detail:

   We laughed at all the frou-frou descriptions on the menu.

Word History and Origins

Origin of frou-frou¹

First recorded in 1865–70; from French; imitative

Example Sentences

"Jessie Buckley, as Sally Bowles, first emerges as a glassy-eyed, underage sex-bomb - an obscene Shirley Temple in a frou-frou dress."

From BBC

That said, it's not frou-frou.

From Salon

It’s easy to see why Halston and Warhol were drawn to each other: both from unremarkable backgrounds in conservative Middle America where their gayness made them outsiders, both with a keen understanding of the power of stardom and branding, and both, underneath all the social frou-frou, passionately devoted to their art.

From Slate

"It was the beginning of the ‘90s and it was at the time that I was doing lots of shows and covers and a lot of the girls had short hair, and we were moving from the big frou-frou ‘80s into the sharp, more androgynous, business chic of the ‘90s."

From Fox News

"I think if they cut the poodle in a different way, they'd have a lot more fans. They'd get beyond frou-frou."

From Fox News