vogue
noun/vəʊɡ/
/vəʊɡ/
[countable, usually singular, uncountable]- 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
- 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
- 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 ExamplesTopics Clothes and Fashionc2- 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.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- current
- enjoy
- come (back) into
- in vogue
- out of vogue
- vogue for
- …
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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