Underwear with lace designed for model (5-5)
I believe the answer is:
small-scale
'model' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'underwear with lace designed' is the wordplay.
'underwear' becomes 'smalls' (type of underwear).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'designed' indicates an anagram (designed with the letters).
'lace' anagrammed gives 'cale'.
'smalls'+'cale'='SMALL-SCALE'
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for small-scale that I've seen before include "Minor" , "Of limited extent" , "very little" .)