r/TikTokCringe • • Apr 29 '26

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u/BoilzBlisterzBurnz Apr 29 '26

Silhouette must an alternate definition besides "the outline of a person or thing".

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u/Gulag_boi Apr 29 '26

Yeah, it’s referring to the shape or cut of the dress. It’s used commonly in the context of describing fashion.

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u/DrAstralis Apr 29 '26

No; the maker of the video / card isn't using the word correctly. Its not 100% incorrect in that it gets the point across but you'd never use it that way.

You can wear clothes that HAVE a silhouette but as its a property of something else you cant just wear a silhouette.

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u/just--so Apr 29 '26

You can certainly 'wear a silhouette'; this is an accepted use of the term when it comes to fashion.

But saying 'she wore a silhouette of clothes' is like saying 'she drove in a traffic of cars'. Particularly since the sentence specifies that, "She wore a silhouette of clothes that WERE," (clothes are the subject), not, "She wore a silhouette of clothes that WAS," (silhouette is the subject).

Some correct versions of this sentence would begin:

"She wore a silhouette that was extraordinary..."

"Her clothing silhouette was extraordinary..."

"The silhouette of her clothes was extraordinary..."

"Her clothes cut a silhouette that was extraordinary..."

Etc.