fashion

moda

Stile di abbigliamento o di aspetto popolare in un certo periodo.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si usa: in/out of fashion (Bright colors are in fashion this summer.)

Sinonimi: style, trend

Espressioni comuni: in fashion, out of fashion, latest fashion

moda, industria della moda

Attività di progettazione, produzione e vendita di vestiti.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Espressioni comuni: fashion industry, fashion designer, fashion house, fashion show

modo, maniera

Maniera in cui si fa qualcosa o in cui qualcosa avviene.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si usa: in a … fashion (The files were arranged in a logical fashion.)

Sinonimi: way, manner

Espressioni comuni: in orderly fashion, in similar fashion, in timely fashion

moda, mania

Tendenza mutevole seguita perché popolare, più che perché utile o sensata.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si usa: fashion for something (There is a fashion for painting every room gray.)

Sinonimi: fad, craze, trend

Espressioni comuni: passing fashion, current fashion, fashion for something

modellare, realizzare

Creare qualcosa o dargli forma, di solito a mano e con cura.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si usa: 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.)

Sinonimi: make, shape, craft

Espressioni comuni: fashion something from something, fashion something into something