Fashion: There are two ways of looking at it. It can be considered as being what is worn generally at a particular period...

On the other hand, by fashion we often mean advanced fashions. This may mean an attempt, either consciously or unconsciously, to set a trend

by a firm or a newspaper or an individual. This trend may or may not end up establishng itself.

There have always been fashions for men, but we have never been so conscious of them as we are now. Fashion is often condemned as being frivolous, but a nicer side of it is its demonstration

of the wish of people to be alike. It can be a sort of camaraderie. In other words, if you are not "with it" you might feel an outsider.

ABC Of Mens Fashion, Hardy Amies (first published in 1964).