Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.
Class VI. Words Relating to the Sentient and Moral PowersSection II. Personal Affections
2. Discriminative Affections
852. Fashion.
MANNERS, breeding (politeness) [See Courtesy]; air, demeanor (appearance) [See Appearance]; savoir faire [F.]; gentlemanliness, gentility, decorum, propriety, biensëance [F.]; conventions of society; Mrs. Grundy; dictates of -Society, – Mrs. Grundy; convention, conventionality, the proprieties; punctiliousness, punctilio, form, formality; etiquette, point of etiquette.
MODE, vogue, style, the latest thing, dernier cri [F.], the go [colloq.], the rage (desire) [See Desire]; prevailing taste; dress [See Investment]; custom [See Habit].
LEADER OF FASHION; arbiter elegantiarum [L.] (taste) [See Taste]; man -, woman- of -fashion, – the world; clubman, clubwoman; upper ten thousand (nobility) [See Nobility]; upper ten [colloq.]; élite [F.] (distinction) [See Repute]; smart set [colloq.]; the four hundred [U. S.].
follow -, keep up with -, conform to -, fall in with- the fashion &c. n.; go with the stream (conform) [See Conformity]; be on (or get on) the band wagon [slang], be in the swim [colloq.]; savior -vivre, – faire [F.]; keep up appearances, behave oneself.
set the fashion, bring into fashion; give a tone to society, cut a figure in society [colloq.]; brush shoulders with -the nobility, – royalty; appear -, be presented- at court.
keep one’s -automobile, – car, – carriage, – yacht, – house in town [Eng.], – cottage at Newport [U. S.]; be a member of the best clubs.
dashing, jaunty or janty, showy, spirited, fast.
POLISHED, refined, thoroughbred, gently bred, courtly; distingué [F.], distinguished, aristocratic or aristocratical; unselfconscious, self-possessed, poised, easy, frank, unconstrained, unembarrassed, dégagé [F.].
MODISH, stylish, swell [slang], récherché [F.]; newfangled (unfamiliar) [See Unconformity]; all the rage, all the go [colloq.].
in -court, – full, – evening- dress; en grande tenue [F.] (ornament) [See Ornament].
- À la française, à la parisienne.
- À l’anglaise, à l’américaine.
- Autre temps autre mœurs.
- Chaque pays a sa guise.
- Il faut souffrir pour être belle.
- The fashion Doth wear out more apparel than the man.—Much Ado
- Custom, the ass man rides, will plod for years, But laughter kills him and he dies at tears.—Masefield