fash·ion·able
ˈfash-nə-bəl 
ˈfa-shə-nə-
1
: conforming to the custom, fashion, or established mode
2
: of or relating to the world of fashion
: a fashionable person
Synonyms
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
Recent Examples on the Web
Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 5 Apr. 2024
Both have experience in fashion marketing, and Accardi has worked with titles in the emerging cluster of fashionable football magazines, including Mundial and Season.
—Caitie Kelly Lindsey Tramuta Lauren Cochrane Angela Koh Laura Bannister Gisela Williams, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
The legend of Avery the pirate king echoed through the world’s taverns, smoky coffee shops and fashionable ladies’ salons.
—Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
Gay men are all fashionable dressers with killer abs.
—Reece Rogers, WIRED, 2 Apr. 2024
The property is tucked within one of the leafy areas that have earned Paris its green stripes, on the fashionable 8th Arrondissement.
—Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
Ahead, dive right into our favorite fashionable footwear for your next getaway and shop some of the best women’s shoes for traveling.
—Lindzi Scharf, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Mar. 2024
The woman—slender, and wearing a fashionable white sweater—hailed from Nanchang, and the man was from the eastern city of Nanjing.
—Chang Che, The New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2024
In the wake of the news of his exit from Valentino, Vogue looks back through its wedding archive to remember the many fashionable brides who chose Pierpaolo Piccioli for their big day.
—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 25 Mar. 2024
Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2023
David cannot be bullied — by tribe, by the fashionable; by the Left, by the Right; by majorities, by minorities.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 4 Jan. 2023
Cava is a chain restaurant that’s making food in bowls fashionable.
—Dallas News, 1 Jan. 2023
The grand uptown apartments and their over-the-top aesthetics — Louis Quinze, chintz, baronial splendor — fell out of fashion, at least among the fashionable.
—Curbed, 8 Nov. 2022
All of which is to say: Walsh is ready to adapt on the fly as various outrages and panics flit from fashionable to played out on the right.
—Indigo Olivier, The New Republic, 27 Dec. 2022
Some might say, that is the complete opposite of fashionable in its literary form.
—Paul Westall, Forbes, 19 July 2022
If Elsa Schiaparelli first made the jumpsuit fashionable in the 1930s, today it is being popularized by celebrities like Harry Styles, Evan Mock, Jacob Elordi, and Gigi.
—Irene Kim, Vogue, 21 May 2022
Some credit is also due to Joanna Gaines, whose 2013 HGTV series Fixer Upper cemented farmhouse style within our cultural lexicon and made the old-fashioned fashionable again.
—Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Mar. 2022
Adjective
The fashionable tot sported what appeared to be a Burberry jacket that was teamed with black joggers for the day out with his proud mom.
—Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 5 Apr. 2024
Both have experience in fashion marketing, and Accardi has worked with titles in the emerging cluster of fashionable football magazines, including Mundial and Season.
—Caitie Kelly Lindsey Tramuta Lauren Cochrane Angela Koh Laura Bannister Gisela Williams, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
The legend of Avery the pirate king echoed through the world’s taverns, smoky coffee shops and fashionable ladies’ salons.
—Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
Gay men are all fashionable dressers with killer abs.
—Reece Rogers, WIRED, 2 Apr. 2024
The property is tucked within one of the leafy areas that have earned Paris its green stripes, on the fashionable 8th Arrondissement.
—Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
Ahead, dive right into our favorite fashionable footwear for your next getaway and shop some of the best women’s shoes for traveling.
—Lindzi Scharf, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Mar. 2024
The woman—slender, and wearing a fashionable white sweater—hailed from Nanchang, and the man was from the eastern city of Nanjing.
—Chang Che, The New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2024
In the wake of the news of his exit from Valentino, Vogue looks back through its wedding archive to remember the many fashionable brides who chose Pierpaolo Piccioli for their big day.
—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 25 Mar. 2024
Noun
It is copied, amended and upgraded, embraced by Hollywood actors in search of the fashionable.
—Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2023
David cannot be bullied — by tribe, by the fashionable; by the Left, by the Right; by majorities, by minorities.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 4 Jan. 2023
Cava is a chain restaurant that’s making food in bowls fashionable.
—Dallas News, 1 Jan. 2023
The grand uptown apartments and their over-the-top aesthetics — Louis Quinze, chintz, baronial splendor — fell out of fashion, at least among the fashionable.
—Curbed, 8 Nov. 2022
All of which is to say: Walsh is ready to adapt on the fly as various outrages and panics flit from fashionable to played out on the right.
—Indigo Olivier, The New Republic, 27 Dec. 2022
Some might say, that is the complete opposite of fashionable in its literary form.
—Paul Westall, Forbes, 19 July 2022
If Elsa Schiaparelli first made the jumpsuit fashionable in the 1930s, today it is being popularized by celebrities like Harry Styles, Evan Mock, Jacob Elordi, and Gigi.
—Irene Kim, Vogue, 21 May 2022
Some credit is also due to Joanna Gaines, whose 2013 HGTV series Fixer Upper cemented farmhouse style within our cultural lexicon and made the old-fashioned fashionable again.
—Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Mar. 2022
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“Fashionable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fashionable. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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