fashion

fashion, style, mode, vogue, fad, rage, craze mean the usage accepted by those who want to be up-to-date. fashion is the most general term and applies to any way of dressing, behaving, writing, or performing that is favored at any one time or place.

• • the current fashion

style often implies a distinctive fashion adopted by people of taste.

• • a media baron used to traveling in style

mode suggests the fashion of the moment among those anxious to appear elegant and sophisticated.

• • slim bodies are the mode at this resort

vogue stresses the wide acceptance of a fashion.

• • short skirts are back in vogue

fad suggests caprice in taking up or in dropping a fashion.

• • last year's fad is over

rage and craze stress intense enthusiasm in adopting a fad.

• • Cajun food was the rage nearly everywhere for a time
• • crossword puzzles once seemed just a passing craze but have lasted

fashion, style, and fad mean the way that up-to-date people do things. fashion is used of any custom (as a way of dressing or behaving) that is widely accepted at any one time or place.

• • It was once the fashion for everyone to wear hats.

style may suggest a fashion that is approved of by people with taste.

• • The house was decorated in the latest style.

fad is used for something that is very popular and often only for a short time.

• • Beach tennis may be just a fad.