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

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