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vogue

Vogue is a synonym for “fashion.”

A popular article or behaviour is in vogue or all the vogue; or there is a vogue of or for an activity.

  • Weight training and Pilates classes are in vogue as ways to keep fit.
  • Platform shoes are all the vogue again.
  • The vogue of body piercing is not very popular among seniors.
  • The vogue for butterfly hair clips has passed.

An item gaining popularity comes into vogue; past fashions fall out of vogue.

  • Palm pilots came into vogue in the mid-1990s.
  • Recycling is all the vogue; let’s hope it never falls out of vogue!