A followup on おしゃれ -- there are different verb forms.
おしゃれ する is a way to say that someone is being おしゃれ.
Another verb, shareru ( しゃれる), can also be used for certain situations. (Present progressive is shareteiru ( しゃれている ), past tense shareta ( しゃれた ). My friend was trying to explain to me the nuance, the connotation, and it sounds like shareru would be used, for example, to describe a retro or vintage look. . .She said it can also be used ironically, like when you think that someone is being too ostentatious or blingy. I have to ask around more about that one. Nuance is one of the harder things for me to figure out, especially when different Japanese speakers have different conceptions of words.
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