out of fashion
Behind the times
Out of fashion describes styles, ideas, or practices that are no longer popular or current.
What was once trendy becomes out of fashion when tastes shift and newer preferences take hold.
Bell-bottoms went out of fashion in the 1980s but came back decades later.
The phrase applies beyond clothing to attitudes, technologies, and social customs that have fallen from favor.
- passéNo longer fashionable
- out of styleNo longer in vogue
- obsoleteNo longer in use
- datedOld-fashioned or courted
- out of dateNo longer valid
anachronistic · last season · unstylish · antiquated · old hat · forgotten · démodé · bygone · behind the times · superseded · past its prime · ignored · clunky · archaic · unhip · tacky · shunned · retrograde
out of fashionin fashion
Currently in vogue
fashionable · trendy · in style · in vogue · stylish
out of fashionpopular
Widely admired by many
relevant · mainstream · in demand · sought-after · current
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