fashion

Mode

Ein Kleidungsstil oder Aussehen, das zu einer bestimmten Zeit beliebt ist.

In einfachem Englisch: 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.

So benutzt man es: in/out of fashion (Bright colors are in fashion this summer.)

Synonyme: style, trend

Häufige Wendungen: in fashion, out of fashion, latest fashion

Modebranche, Modeindustrie

Die Branche, die Kleidung entwirft, herstellt und verkauft.

In einfachem Englisch: 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.

Häufige Wendungen: fashion industry, fashion designer, fashion house, fashion show

Weise, Art

Die Weise, auf die etwas getan wird oder geschieht.

In einfachem Englisch: 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.

So benutzt man es: in a … fashion (The files were arranged in a logical fashion.)

Synonyme: way, manner

Häufige Wendungen: in orderly fashion, in similar fashion, in timely fashion

Modeerscheinung, Trend

Ein wechselnder Trend, dem Menschen wegen seiner Beliebtheit folgen, weniger weil er nützlich oder sinnvoll ist.

In einfachem Englisch: 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.

So benutzt man es: fashion for something (There is a fashion for painting every room gray.)

Synonyme: fad, craze, trend

Häufige Wendungen: passing fashion, current fashion, fashion for something

formen, anfertigen

Etwas herstellen oder formen, meist von Hand und mit Sorgfalt.

In einfachem Englisch: 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.

So benutzt man es: 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.)

Synonyme: make, shape, craft

Häufige Wendungen: fashion something from something, fashion something into something