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Adds to the fashionable lines (9)

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I believe the answer is:

increases

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'adds' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to change as well as being verbs in their -s form.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'the fashionable lines' is the wordplay.
'the fashionable' becomes 'in'.
'lines' becomes 'creases' ('crease' can be a synonym of 'line'**).
'in'+'creases'='INCREASES'

'to' is the link.

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(Other definitions for increases that I've seen before include "Becomes bigger" , "Becomes greater" , "Gets bigger" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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