Styles of clothing and appearance that are popular at a particular time, or to create or make something.
From Old French 'façon' (a making or shape), derived from Latin 'factio' (a doing or making). Originally meant the manner or way something was made, before evolving into the specific sense of clothing styles.
Fashion literally started as a word meaning 'the way something was made'—not 'what was being worn.' Medieval craftspeople talked about 'fashioning' things, and slowly the noun narrowed to mean specifically the style in which garments were shaped and constructed.
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