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Dictionary: vogue   (vōg) pronunciation
n.
  1. The prevailing fashion, practice, or style: Hoop skirts were once the vogue.
  2. Popular acceptance or favor; popularity: a party game no longer in vogue. See synonyms at fashion.
intr.v., vogued, vogue·ing, or vogu·ing, vogues.
To dance by striking a series of rigid, stylized poses, evocative of fashion models during photograph shoots.

[French, from Old French, probably from voguer, to sail, row, of Germanic origin. V., after the fashion magazine Vogue.]

WORD HISTORY   The history of the word vogue demonstrates how sense can change dramatically over time even while flowing, as it were, in the same channel. The Indo-European root of vogue is *wegh-, meaning "to go, transport in a vehicle." Among many other forms derived from this root was the Germanic stem *wēga-, "water in motion." From this stem came the Old Low German verb wogōn, meaning "to sway, rock." This verb passed into Old French as voguer, which meant "to sail, row." The Old French word yielded the noun vogue, which probably literally meant "a rowing," and so by extension "a course," and figuratively "reputation" and later "reputation of fashionable things" or "prevailing fashion." The French, who have given us many fashionable things, passed this noun on as well, it being first recorded in English in 1571.


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noun

    The current custom: craze, fad, fashion, furor, mode, rage, style, trend. Informal thing. Idioms: the in thing, the last word, the latest thing. See style/good style/bad style, usual/unusual.

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adj

Definition: fashionable
Antonyms: out, unfashionable, unpopular, unstylish

n

Definition: fashion; current practice
Antonyms: disuse, out

v

Definition: fashion
Antonyms: disuse


The stature of Vogue as primary fashion reporter for the world of haute couture, its elite readership, and the willingness of its editors to commission high-style commercial art made it a leader in the development of fashion photography. Condé Nast bought the society weekly in 1909 with the aim of turning it into an influential fashion magazine. In 1913 Nast hired the pictorialist glamour portraitist Adolphe de Meyer as his first fashion photographer, and his work appeared next to established fashion illustrators. Edward Steichen's appointment as chief photographer for Nast Publications in 1923 inaugurated a more modernist trend. The following two decades were dominated by photographers who blended a sophisticated modern approach with dramatic Hollywood glamour (Steichen, Cecil Beaton, George Hoyningen-Huene, Horst P. Horst) and others influenced by Surrealism (Erwin Blumenfeld, André Durst, George Platt Lynes, and Man Ray). After 1945, some photographers continued to make spare, elegant modernist images (Irving Penn); others strove for a more natural look, following the style pioneered by Martin Munkácsi at Harper's Bazaar, Vogue's chief rival. John Rawlings, for example, used daylight, and Richard Avedon incorporated a sense of motion. The 1960s were marked by a variety of new directions, from street photography (James Moore), to urban grittiness (William Klein), to the casual (Jeanloup Sieff), to sharply outlined colour and geometry (Hiro). Moodiness and psychological complexity arrived in the 1970s with the soft, grainy images of Deborah Turbeville and Sarah Moon, and more overtly suggestive or sexualized tableaux by Guy Bourdin and Helmut Newton, particularly in the European editions of the magazine. The fashion photographers worked closely with the many high-profile art directors and editors who shaped Vogue's direction, from Edna Woolman Chase and M. F. Agha in the 1920s to Alexander Liberman, Diana Vreeland, Grace Mirabella, and Anna Wintour later. Almost from its beginnings, Condé Nast Publications expanded continually by publishing many international editions of Vogue and adding other titles to its line. Despite strong competition, Vogue remains the foremost reporter of the high-fashion world and patron of cutting-edge fashion photography.

— Patricia Johnston

Bibliography

  • Vogue Book of Fashion Photography, 1919-1979, text by P. Devlin, introd. A. Liberman (1979).
  • Seebohm, C., The Man who was ‘Vogue’: The Life and Times of Condé Nast (1982)
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IN BRIEF: The prevalent way or fashion. Also: Being popular.

pronunciation In the 1950s, poodle skirts were in vogue.

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Vogue or "voguing" is a highly stylized modern dance characterized by photo model-like poses integrated with angular, linear and rigid arm, leg, and body movements. Originally popularized by Madonna's song and video of the same name, but recently this unique inner-city style of dance has been brought to domestic and international mainstream attention by the dance group Vogue Evolution of America's Best Dance Crew.

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History

Vogue is a form of modern dance characterized by photo model like poses taken from Vogue (magazine) integrated with angular, linear and rigid arm, leg and body movements. The style of dance arose from the Harlem ballrooms back in the early 1930s, which was then called "performance" and evolved into the more intricate and illusory form that is now called "vogue".

Voguing has evolved since its beginning and continues to be developed further as an established dance form that is practiced in the gay ballroom scene and gay clubs in big cities throughout the United States--mainly New York, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Miami and Chicago.

Though voguing usually takes place in gay events frequented by African Americans and Latin American males, it is also practiced by a small number of non-gay individuals and outside of the club scene. Formal competitions occur in the form of balls held by houses or collectives of dancers and performers. Some influential houses include the House of Mizrahi, House of Xtravaganza, the House of Balenciaga, the House of Evisu, the House of Allure, the House of Ebony, the House of Revlon, the House of Garcon, the House of Ninja, the House of Zion, the House of Aviance and the House of Milan.

Styles

There are currently three distinct styles of vogue: Old Way (pre-1980), New Way (post 1990), and Vogue Fem (began around 1995).

Old Way is characterized by formation of lines, symmetry, and precision in the execution of such formations and graceful, fluid-like action.

New Way is characterized by a more rigid, geometric pattern movement coupled with "clicks" (limb contortions at the joints) and "arms control" (sleight of hand and wrist illusions, which usually include "tuts" or "tutting" and locking). New Way can also be described as a modified form of mime, where imaginary geometric shapes such as a box are introduced during motion and moved progressively around the dancer's body to display the dancer's dexterity and memory.

Vogue Fem is fluidity at its' most extreme, with exaggerated feminine movements, influenced by ballet, modern dance, and breakdancing in the case of "dramatic" Vogue Fem, which includes eye-catching jumps, tricks, acrobats, and flips. There are 5 elements of Vogue Fem: Hands, Spins, Catwalk, Duckwalk, and Dips. Sometimes, 'Spin into the Dip' is also named as a 6th element. The "dip" has been popularized by mainstream and is occasionally called the "5000", however the move originated with Vogue Fem. When competing in a vogue battle, a contestant must use each element in their routine. Vogue Evolution from America's Best Dance Crew is an example of Vogue Fem type dances. There are 2 types of Vogue Fem: Soft & Cunt and Dramatics.

It should be noted that the terms "Old Way" and "New Way" are generational. Earlier generations called the style of voguing that was practiced by the generation before them "Old Way". Voguers, therefore, reuse these terms to refer to the evolutionary changes of the dance that are observable almost every ten years. Ten years from now, today's "New Way" will more than likely be referred to as "Old Way".

Vogue also encompasses other forms of dance and movement, namely modern jazz, ballet, gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, martial arts, breakdancing, yoga, and others.[original research?] Some dance historians[who?] even point out that breakdance and vogue evolved together in a state of mutual borrowing, with artists from both sides interacting with each other in New York City's Central Park, Christopher Street Pier, Harlem, and Washington Square Park during the 70s and early 80s.[citation needed]

New Styles

It continues to be developed further as an established dance form that is practiced in gay dance clubs and at gay balls in New York and other big cities throughout the United States--mainly New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, Miami, Orlando, New Jersey, and Philadelphia. The ballroom scene has evolved into a nationwide underground sport with major balls being held in different regions (East, Midwest, South, West). The major cities to walk are, New York for the East, Chicago in the Midwest, Atlanta in the South, L.A. in the West.

London has seen a dramatic rise in ballroom balls starting in the late 1990s. This has been inspired directly from and by New York City's ballroom participants. However, in London, the main aspect of the ballroom scene is not voguing, but the runway categories dealing with fashion and design. Additionally, ballroom participants in London trend toward older members of the LGBT community, usually over the age of 30.

Mainstream Attention

Many performers, particularly females, have used vogue-style dance as apart of their routines. Britney Spears, Janet Jackson, and Beyonce have all been known to use infuences from voguing in their music videos. Transgender member of Vogue Evolution, Leiomy, is responsible for making her signature voguing move, "the Leiomy Lolly" popular and is featured in Britney Spear's video for "If You Seek Amy". The "dip" is also a move that was originated from voguing and made popular by B-boys and renamed "the 5000".

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Translations: Vogue
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - mode, popularitet
adj. - moderne

idioms:

  • in vogue    moderne, populær

Nederlands (Dutch)
mode, iemand die/iets dat in de mode is, populariteit, populair

Français (French)
n. - vogue, mode
adj. - en vogue, à la mode

idioms:

  • in vogue    (être/entrer) en vogue, à la mode

Deutsch (German)
n. - Mode
adj. - modern, populär

idioms:

  • in vogue    in Mode

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μόδα, δημοτικότητα
adj. - της μόδας

idioms:

  • in vogue    είμαι στη μόδα, είμαι της μόδας

Italiano (Italian)
voga, moda

idioms:

  • in vogue    in voga

Português (Portuguese)
n. - moda (f), voga (f)
adj. - em moda

idioms:

  • in vogue    na moda

Русский (Russian)
мода, популярность

idioms:

  • in vogue    быть в моде

Español (Spanish)
n. - moda, boga
adj. - de moda, en boga

idioms:

  • in vogue    de moda, en boga

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - mode, sed, popularitet
adj. - mode-

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
时尚, 流行, 时髦, 流行的, 时髦的

idioms:

  • in vogue    正在流行

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 時尚, 流行, 時髦
adj. - 流行的, 時髦的

idioms:

  • in vogue    正在流行

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 유행, 인기
adj. - 유행의, 유행하는

idioms:

  • in vogue    유행하여, 인기가 있어

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 流行, 流行品, 人気

idioms:

  • in vogue    流行している

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مودة, رواج (صفه) شائع, رائج‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אופנה, פופולריות, פרסום‬
adj. - ‮נפוץ, אהוד, אופנתי, פופולרי‬


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