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Definition of vogue noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

vogue

noun
 
/vəʊɡ/
 
/vəʊɡ/
[countable, usually singular, uncountable]
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  1. a fashion for something
    • vogue for something the vogue for child-centred education
    • in vogue Black is in vogue again.
    • Sixties music has come back into vogue.
    • This novel had a great vogue ten years ago.
    Collocations Clothes and fashionClothes and fashionClothes
    • be wearing a new outfit/​bright colours/​fancy dress/​uniform
    • be (dressed) in black/​red/​jeans and a T-shirt/​your best suit/​silk/​rags (= very old torn clothes)
    • be dressed for work/​school/​dinner/​a special occasion
    • be dressed as a clown/​pirate/​policeman
    • wear/​dress in casual/​designer/​second-hand clothes
    • wear jewellery/​accessories/​a watch/​glasses/​contact lenses/​perfume
    • have a cowboy hat/​red dress/​blue suit on
    • put on/​take off your clothes/​coat/​shoes/​helmet
    • pull on/​pull off your coat/​gloves/​socks
    • change into/​get changed into a pair of jeans/​your pyjamas
    Appearance
    • change/​enhance/​improve your appearance
    • create/​get/​have/​give something a new/​contemporary/​retro look
    • brush/​comb/​shampoo/​wash/​blow-dry your hair
    • have/​get a haircut/​your hair cut/​a new hairstyle
    • have/​get a piercing/​your nose pierced
    • have/​get a tattoo/​a tattoo done (on your arm)/a tattoo removed
    • have/​get a makeover/​cosmetic surgery
    • use/​wear/​apply/​put on make-up/​cosmetics
    Fashion
    • follow/​keep up with (the) fashion/​the latest fashions
    • spend/​waste money on designer clothes
    • be fashionably/​stylishly/​well dressed
    • have good/​great/​terrible/​awful taste in clothes
    • update/​revamp your wardrobe
    • be in/​come into/​go out of fashion
    • be (back/​very much) in vogue
    • create a style/​trend/​vogue for something
    • organize/​put on a fashion show
    • show/​unveil a designer’s spring/​summer collection
    • sashay/​strut down the catwalk/(North American English also) runway
    • be on/​do a photo/​fashion shoot
    Extra Examples
    • Cycling enjoyed a vogue at the end of the nineteenth century.
    • Disaster movies are currently out of vogue.
    • Scooters have recently come back into vogue.
    • the current vogue for Japanese food
    • the type of pop song in vogue at that time
    • Black is in vogue again this winter.
    • These old pieces are enjoying a new vogue.
    Topics Clothes and Fashionc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • current
    verb + vogue
    • enjoy
    • come (back) into
    preposition
    • in vogue
    • out of vogue
    • vogue for
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    Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the vogue, denoting the foremost place in popular estimation): from French, from Italian voga ‘rowing, fashion’, from vogare ‘row, go well’.
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