Something (maybe someone, i.e., Joan Collins) that's rather worn out/tattered yet has a touch of understated class.
Example of a shabby chic attire:
Slightly ratty but damn gorgeous Prada handbag, with a pair of Vivian Westwood slacks, and perhaps some frayed cashmere sweater.
Slightly ratty but damn gorgeous Prada handbag, with a pair of Vivian Westwood slacks, and perhaps some frayed cashmere sweater.
by Cameron Stewart-Wilson II November 14, 2003
A "style" invented by paint manufacturers to promote painting things then rubbing most of it back off, and people with no money who don't mind living with old crap battered furniture.
by TimmyRaa August 18, 2014
Noun - A girl who embodies the shabby chic style in either dress or artistic pursuits who expresses it in a blatantly slutty fashion.
My shabby chic slut totally made me this vintage distressed collage of her breasts after she fucked me hard last night.
by Rainbow_Kitten7 July 30, 2018