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fashion 1, noun (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: fa?on, from Latin factio 'act of making', from facere 'to do, make']
[singular, U] something that is popular or thought to be good at a particular time
fashion for
::the fashion for so-called 'discovery methods' of learning
fashion in
::The emerging science of photography was already changing fashions in art.
::Eastern religions used to be the fashion in the 60s.
::His ideas are coming back into fashion (=they are becoming popular again) .
::Their music will never go out of fashion (=stop being fashionable) .
::Self-help books are now all the fashion (=they are very fashionable) .
[C, U] a style of clothes, hair etc that is popular at a particular time
::They sold the latest fashions from Europe (=the most recent fashions) .
::The 1960s space-age look has influenced both men's and women's fashions.
::Hats are in fashion again this year (=they are fashionable) .
::Grey is out of fashion now (=it is no longer fashionable) .
::extreme designs which will go out of fashion as quickly as they came in (=stop being fashionable)
::Fur coats were considered to be the height of fashion and sophistication (=were thought to be very fashionable) .
::Teenage girls are very fashion conscious (=they are very concerned about wearing the latest fashions) .
[U] the business or study of making and selling clothes, shoes etc in new and changing styles
::a leading men's fashion magazine
::the fall fashion shows in New York, Milan, and Paris
::She used to be one of the world's top fashion models .
:: fashion photographer Richard Avedon
::The dark-eyed Italian is set to take the fashion world by storm (=become very successful in the world of fashion) .
::She hopes to find work in the fashion industry (=all the companies and people who are involved in fashion) .
::a 22-year-old student at the London College of Fashion
in a ... fashion
in a particular way
::Please leave the building in an orderly fashion.
::Perhaps they could sit down and discuss things in a civilised fashion.
::She will be working out her problems in her own fashion (=in the way that she usually does this) and should be allowed to do so.
after a fashion
not very much, not very well, or not very effectively
::'Can you speak Russian?' 'After a fashion.'
after the fashion of sb
in a style that is typical of a particular person
::Her early work is very much after the fashion of Picasso and Braque.
like it's going out of fashion
informal use this to emphasize that someone does something a lot or uses a lot of something
::Danny's been spending money like it's going out of fashion .
-see also parrot fashion at parrot 1 (2)