fashion

mode

Style de vêtements ou d’apparence apprécié à une certaine époque.

En anglais simple : A style of clothing or appearance that is popular at a particular time.

• Long skirts are back in fashion.
• He follows the latest fashions.
• These shoes went out of fashion years ago.

Comment l'utiliser : in/out of fashion (Bright colors are in fashion this summer.)

Synonymes : style, trend

Expressions courantes : in fashion, out of fashion, latest fashion

mode, industrie de la mode

Secteur qui consiste à créer, fabriquer et vendre des vêtements.

En anglais simple : The business of designing, making, and selling clothes.

• She works in fashion.
• The fashion industry creates thousands of jobs.
• He hopes to join a famous fashion house.

Expressions courantes : fashion industry, fashion designer, fashion house, fashion show

manière, façon

Façon dont on fait quelque chose ou dont une chose se produit.

En anglais simple : The way in which something is done or happens.

• The crowd left in orderly fashion.
• She answered in her usual fashion.
• Both machines work in a similar fashion.

Comment l'utiliser : in a … fashion (The files were arranged in a logical fashion.)

Synonymes : way, manner

Expressions courantes : in orderly fashion, in similar fashion, in timely fashion

mode, engouement

Tendance changeante qu’on suit parce qu’elle est populaire, plutôt que pour son utilité ou son bon sens.

En anglais simple : A changing trend that people follow because it is popular, rather than useful or sensible.

• The craze was just a passing fashion.
• He dismissed the new diet as a fashion.
• There is a fashion for giving businesses strange names.

Comment l'utiliser : fashion for something (There is a fashion for painting every room gray.)

Synonymes : fad, craze, trend

Expressions courantes : passing fashion, current fashion, fashion for something

façonner, fabriquer

Fabriquer quelque chose ou lui donner forme, généralement à la main et avec soin.

En anglais simple : To make or shape something, usually by hand and with care.

• He fashioned a bowl from clay.
• They fashioned the branches into a shelter.
• She fashions tiny animals out of wire.

Comment l'utiliser : fashion something from/out of something (She fashioned a hat out of newspaper.); fashion something into something (He fashioned the wood into a small boat.)

Synonymes : make, shape, craft

Expressions courantes : fashion something from something, fashion something into something