The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Frippery \Frip"per*y\, n. [F. friperie, fr. fruper. See
   Fripper.]
   1. Coast-off clothes. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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   2. Hence: Secondhand finery; cheap and tawdry decoration;
      affected elegance.
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            Fond of gauze and French frippery.    --Goldsmith.
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            The gauzy frippery of a French translation. --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.
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   3. A place where old clothes are sold. --Shak.
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   4. The trade or traffic in old clothes.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Frippery \Frip"per*y\, a.
   Trifling; contemptible.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

frippery
    n 1: something of little value or significance [syn:
         bagatelle, fluff, frippery, frivolity]