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Another annoying misappropriation is the noun "fashion" which, in French, becomes an adjective, as in "J'adore tes chaussures - tres fashion."

From BBC • May 24, 2013

Luns explained that his scarlet chaussures were actually a pair of knitted slippers.

From Time Magazine Archive

We have nothing to say against the prevailing fashion of ladies' chaussures worn—even down to the clog and pattern, every thing is elegant, every thing is proportionably useful.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845 by Various

The Empress even can't wear her usual shoes, and all the women have left off coquettish little shoes that match their dresses, and taken to these rather primitive chaussures.

From Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 by Waddington, Mary King

"She is eighteen, or at least seventeen—old enough to know all about gowns, petticoats, and chaussures."

From Shirley by Brontë, Charlotte