fash·ion·able
ˈfa-shə-nə-bəl 
ˈfash-nə-bəl
1
: conforming to the custom, fashion, or established mode
2
: of or relating to the world of fashion
: a fashionable person
Examples of fashionable in a Sentence
Adjective
It isn't fashionable to express such an opinion these days.
fashionable people who know all the right restaurants
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Starr Bowenbank, People.com, 27 June 2025
In the downstairs Photo Elysée space, American photographer Tyler Mitchell’s show Wish This Was Real depicts African American subjects of all ages in all manner of settings, in images that are at times fashionable, at times quotidian, and often enigmatic—but always richly beautiful in composition.
—John Oseid, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
News Desk, Artforum, 12 Feb. 2025
Sunbathing was suddenly a thing, and Coco Chanel made having a tan fashionable.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Dec. 2023
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Adjective
The couple was spotted attending the Dior Homme Menswear Spring/Summer 2026 show on June 27 and wore a pair of fashionable ensembles for the event.
—Starr Bowenbank, People.com, 27 June 2025
In the downstairs Photo Elysée space, American photographer Tyler Mitchell’s show Wish This Was Real depicts African American subjects of all ages in all manner of settings, in images that are at times fashionable, at times quotidian, and often enigmatic—but always richly beautiful in composition.
—John Oseid, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
Noun
Using X-rays and infrared imaging, conservators discovered a second figure beneath the paint, that of a woman, her hair worn in the style of chignon fashionable in Paris at the turn of the twentieth century.
—News Desk, Artforum, 12 Feb. 2025
Sunbathing was suddenly a thing, and Coco Chanel made having a tan fashionable.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Dec. 2023
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“Fashionable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fashionable. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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