fashion
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
fashion/ˈfaʃn/
▶noun
- 1 a currently popular style of clothing, behaviour, etc.
■ the production and marketing of new styles of clothing and cosmetics.
- 2 a manner of doing something.
– phrases
after a fashion to a certain extent but not perfectly.
after (or in) the fashion of in a manner similar to.
in (or out of) fashion fashionable (or unfashionable).
after a fashion to a certain extent but not perfectly.
after (or in) the fashion of in a manner similar to.
in (or out of) fashion fashionable (or unfashionable).
– derivatives
fashioner noun.
fashioner noun.
– origin ME: from OFr. façon, from L. factio(n-), from facere ‘do, make’.
'fashion' also found in these Oxford entries:
accessorize
- accessory
- aesthetician
- à la mode
- albert
- A-line
- anklet
- anorak
- at
- babushka
- baby-doll
- baggy
- baguette
- balaclava
- balmoral
- bandeau
- baseball cap
- beau monde
- beaver
- bell-bottoms
- Bermuda shorts
- bertha
- blusher
- bobby socks
- body
- body-con
- body scrub
- body wrap
- bolero
- bomber jacket
- boob tube
- bouffant
- bovver boots
- box pleat
- brim
- Bristol fashion
- bustier
- buzz cut
- caleche
- capital
- cap sleeve
- cargo pants
- carpenter trousers
- catch
- catsuit
- chemise
- chesterfield
- cigarette pants
- clamdiggers
- classic
