fashion

fashion |ˈfa sh ən| noun 1 a popular trend, esp. in styles of dress and ornament or manners of behavior : his hair is cut in the latest fashion. • the production and marketing of new styles of goods, esp. clothing and cosmetics : [as adj. ] a fashion magazine. 2 a manner of doing something : the work is done in a rather casual fashion. verb [ trans. ] (often be fashioned) make into a particular or the required form : the bottles were fashioned from green glass. • ( fashion something into) use materials to make into : the skins were fashioned into boots and shoes. PHRASES after a fashion to a certain extent but imperfectly or unsatisfactorily : he could read after a fashion. after (or in) the fashion of in a manner similar to : she took servants for granted after the fashion of wealthy and pampered girls. in (or out of) fashion popular (or unpopular) and considered (or not considered) to be attractive at the time in question. DERIVATIVES fashioner noun ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense [make, shape, appearance,] also [a particular make or style] ): from Old French façon, from Latin factio(n-), from facere ‘do, make.’ Thesaurus fashion noun 1 the fashion for tight clothes vogue, trend, craze, rage, mania, fad; style, look; tendency, convention, custom, practice; informal thing. 2 the world of fashion clothes, clothing design, couture; the garment industry; informal the rag trade. 3 it needs to be run in a sensible fashion manner, way, method, mode, style; system, approach. verb the model was fashioned from lead construct, build, make, manufacture, fabricate, tailor, contrive; cast, shape, form, mold, sculpt; forge, hew.PHRASES after a fashion the arrangement worked after a fashion to a certain extent, in a way, somehow, somehow or other, in a manner of speaking, in its way. in fashion are these hideous shoes really in fashion? fashionable, in vogue, up-to-date, up-to-the-minute, all the rage, chic, à la mode; informal trendy, with it, cool, in, the in thing, hot, big, hip, happening, now, sharp, groovy, tony, fly. out of fashion sorry, Dad, that necktie is completely out of fashion unfashionable, dated, old-fashioned, out of date, outdated, outmoded, behind the times; unstylish, untrendy, unpopular, passé, démodé; informal old hat, out, square, uncool.