- fashion
- noun1 style of dressing, etc. popular at a particular timeADJECTIVE▪ contemporary, current, latest, modern, new▪ changing, passing▪
changing fashions in education
▪This theory, though recent, is more than a passing fashion.
▪ high▪The store sells everything from casual clothes to high fashion.
▪ classic▪classic fashions for your wardrobe
▪ designer▪the influence of Italian designer fashion on the industry
▪ popular▪the popular fashions of the day
▪ autumn (esp. BrE), fall (AmE), spring, summer, winter▪The new summer fashions have arrived.
▪ French, Italian▪a passion for French fashions and goods
▪ female, male, street, youth▪ architectural, cultural, intellectual, literaryVERB + FASHION▪ be, be in▪She wore a 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▪ set, start▪He set a fashion for large hats.
▪ follow, keep up with▪I've given up trying to keep up with the latest fashions.
▪ wear▪She always wore the latest fashions.
▪ love▪She loves fashion and make-up.
FASHION + VERB▪ change▪The book traces how fashions have changed over the years.
FASHION + NOUN▪ statement▪Flares were a fashion statement of the seventies.
▪ trend▪the latest fashion trend
▪ model▪She started her career as a fashion model.
▪ show▪ shoot▪photographers at fashion shoots
▪ magazine▪ plate (esp. AmE), spread▪She looked like a fashion plate.
▪a magazine fashion spread
▪ scene▪fresh interest in the New York fashion scene
▪ capital▪Paris, the world's fashion capital
▪ runway (AmE)▪the fashion runways of Italy and France
▪ business, industry, market, trade, world▪Her summer collection took the fashion world by storm.
▪ brand, company, house, label, line▪one of the most successful fashion houses in Milan
▪I've started my own fashion line.
▪ retailer, shop (BrE), store▪ design, photography▪ designer, director, editor, photographer, stylist, writer▪ consultant, expert, guru, maven (AmE)▪the world's top fashion experts
▪ icon▪She was respected as a fashion icon.
▪ sense▪She had no fashion sense whatsoever.
▪ advice, tip▪I need your expert fashion advice.
▪ accessory, item▪ victim▪this season's must-have accessories that no fashion victim will be seen without
▪ disaster▪What were your worst fashion disasters?
▪ police (humorous)▪Somebody call the fashion police, please!
PREPOSITION▪ after the fashion of▪She spoke in French after (= copying) the fashion of the court.
▪ fashion for▪the fashion for long dresses
▪ fashion 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
2 way you do sthADJECTIVE▪ true …▪He insisted the meeting be held, in true spy novel fashion, in the open air.
▪ normal, standard, usual▪Application for the course can be made in the normal fashion.
▪ conventional, time-honoured/time-honored, traditional▪They celebrated their win in traditional fashion by spraying champagne everywhere.
▪ proper▪Address me in a proper fashion.
▪ characteristic, classic, typical▪He delivered his speech in classic fashion.
▪We had just gone out when, in typical fashion, the rain came down.
▪ identical, same, similar▪Each chapter is structured in a similar fashion.
▪ different▪Light and sound are recorded in such different fashions.
▪ limited▪He has a small vocabulary and is only able to express himself in a limited fashion.
▪ negative, positive▪when people confront you in a negative fashion
▪ no uncertain (esp. BrE)▪Karpov struck back in no uncertain fashion to win the seventh game.
▪ meaningful▪ best (often ironic), exemplary, fine, impressive▪‘Like hell they are!’ he replies in best John Wayne fashion.
▪She has corrected that oversight in fine fashion.
▪ appropriate▪ cavalier▪ coherent, consistent, controlled, orderly, organized, regular, systematic▪We need to tackle this problem in a coordinated fashion.
▪ ad hoc, desultory, haphazard, piecemeal, random, roundabout▪ arbitrary▪ direct, honest, straightforward▪He asked questions in a direct fashion
▪ serious▪She writes in a serious fashion about the future
▪ deliberate▪They act in a purposeful and deliberate fashion.
▪ leisurely, relaxed▪She was strolling in a leisurely fashion in the opposite direction.
▪ logical, predictable▪ convincing▪She laid out her argument in a convincing fashion.
▪ circular, linear▪The story moves in circular fashion.
▪Costs and revenues are assumed to behave in a linear fashion.
▪ timely▪I strive to get my work done in a timely fashion.
▪ dramatic, spectacular▪ grand▪slowly descending the stairs in a grand fashion
▪ bizarre, curious, odd, peculiar, strange▪ mysterious▪ friendly▪ entertaining▪He presents it in an entertaining fashion.
▪ businesslike▪ democraticVERB + FASHION▪ act in, behave in▪ proceed in▪Please proceed in an orderly fashion to the promenade deck.
▪The convention proceeded in the normal fashion.
PREPOSITION▪ after a fashion▪So they became friends, after a fashion (= to some extent).
▪ in a fashion▪Why are they behaving in such a ridiculous fashion?
▪The troops embarked in an orderly fashion.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
