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noun style of dressing, etc. popular at a particular time ADJ. current, latest, modern, new | growing | changing, passing changing fashions in education This theory, though recent, is more than a passing fashion. | high The store sells everything from sports clothes to high fashion. | designer the influence of Italian designer fashion on the clothes industry | female, street, youth | architectural, cultural, intellectual VERB + FASHION be, be in She wore a powdered wig, as was the fashion of the day. Black is always in fashion. | become, come into Pessimism has become the fashion. When did flares first come into fashion? | fall out of, go out of Careful spending has gone out of fashion in our consumer society. | be out of | come back into | be back in | introduce, set, start He set a fashion for large hats. | follow, keep (up) with, keep pace with I've given up trying to keep up with the latest fashions. FASHION + VERB change watching how fashions change over the years FASHION + NOUN statement Flared trousers were a fashion statement of the seventies. | model She started her career as a fashion model. | show | shoot photographers at fashion shoots | magazine | scene fresh interest in the New York fashion scene | capital Paris, the world's fashion capital | business, industry, market, trade, world Her summer collection took the fashion world by storm. | company, house, label one of the most successful fashion houses in Milan | retailer, shop | design, photography | designer, editor, photographer | accessory, clothes, garment | victim this season's must-have accessories that no fashion victim will be seen without PREP. after the ~ of She spoke in French after (= copying) the fashion of the court. | ~ for the fashion for long dresses | ~ in Fashions in art come and go. PHRASES changes in fashion, the fashion of the day, the height of fashion The palazzo represents the height of architectural fashion for the mid-17th century. | the world of fashion household names in the world of fashion and design way you do sth ADJ. true … The inspector insisted the meeting be held, in true spy novel fashion, in the open air. | normal, orthodox, usual Application for the course can be made in the normal fashion. | conventional, time-honoured, traditional They celebrated their win, in time-honoured fashion, by spraying champagne everywhere. | typical We had just gone out when, in typical fashion, the rain came down. | limited He has a small vocabulary and is only able to express himself in a limited fashion. | positive | no uncertain Karpov struck back in no uncertain fashion to win the seventh game. | meaningful | parrot Students become frustrated with learning verbs parrot fashion. | best (often ironic), exemplary batons ready in best police fashion | civilized | appropriate | cavalier | controlled, orderly, organized, regular, systematic | ad hoc, desultory, haphazard, piecemeal, random, roundabout | arbitrary | straightforward | logical, predictable | linear Costs and revenues are assumed to behave in a linear fashion. | easy, leisurely, relaxed The descent of the footpath starts in easy fashion. | dramatic, spectacular | bizarre, peculiar | mysterious | friendly | jocular | business-like | democratic VERB + FASHION behave in PREP. after a ~ So they became friends, after a fashion (= to some extent). | in a ~ Why are they behaving in such a ridiculous fashion? | in … ~ The troops embarked in orderly fashion.
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fashion noun [ uncountable and countable ] a style of clothes, hair, behaviour etc that is fashionable. Fashion is also used as an uncountable noun, when talking about all of these styles in general: • the latest fashions from Donna Karan • changing fashions in popular music • I'm not interested in fashion. vogue noun [ singular,uncountable ] if there is a vogue for something, or it is in vogue , it is fashionable. Vogue sounds more formal and typical of the language that more educated speakers use than fashion: • the current vogue for realistic animated films • There was a vogue for cream furniture in the 1920s. • His pictures are very much in vogue these days. trend noun [ countable ] a way of doing something or a way of thinking that is becoming fashionable or popular: • The magazine focuses on the latest trends in contemporary design. • The trend is for people to wait longer to marry and have children. craze/fad noun [ countable ] informal a fashion, activity, type of music etc that suddenly becomes very popular, but only remains popular for a short time – often used about things that you think are rather silly: • a new fitness craze • the current fad for bare white walls and uncomfortable-looking metal furniture • I'm sure it's just a passing fad (= something that will soon stop being fashionable ) . • fad diets something is all the rage formal used when saying that something is very popular and fashionable for a short time: • The game was all the rage at her school.