Average cost of fashion? (8)
I believe the answer is:
moderate
'average cost of fashion?' is the definition.
'moderate' can be an answer for 'average' (thesaurus). I am not sure about the 'cost of fashion?' bit.
'average cost' is the wordplay.
'average' becomes 'mode' (mode is a kind of average).
'cost' becomes 'rate' (rate is a kind of cost).
'mode'+'rate'='MODERATE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for moderate that I've seen before include "Average; not radical" , "Average; make less extreme" , "not going to extremes" , "Reduce" , "Mild" .)