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fuss and feathers

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fuss and feathers
Rur. fancy addictions that are overdone or troublesome. A truly elegant dress doesn't have a lot of fuss and feathers. They ruined a nice room with all that fuss and feathers.
See also: and, feather, fuss
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Like so much second-rate deconstructivist architecture, the new academic building at Cooper Union resembles a peacock in the sense that, under all the fuss and feathers -- structurally speaking -- stands a fairly ordinary building that squats in its cubic box without too much incident.
Cooper Union's leaning tower by Gardner, James / The Real Deal
 
 
 
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