after the fashion of

after the fashion of (someone or something)

In a manner or style imitative of someone or something else. When John F. Kennedy was president, many women dressed after the fashion of his wife, Jacqueline. I think that classical piece is after the fashion of the Baroque masters.
See also: after, fashion, of
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

after the fashion of someone or something

 and after the style of someone or something
in the manner or style of someone or something. She walks down the street after the fashion of a grand lady. The parish church was built after the style of a French cathedral.
See also: after, fashion, of
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • after the fashion of (someone or something)
  • after the fashion of somebody/something
  • after the style of (someone or something)
  • compute
  • (something) does not compute
  • dressed (up) fit to kill
  • talk to Huey
  • talk to Hughie
  • g'ed up
  • dressed to kill
References in classic literature
As to the good man, Malicorne -- we speak of the syndic of Orleans -- he did not see more clearly into the present than others did into the future; and had no suspicion as he walked, every day, between three and five o'clock, after his dinner, upon the Place Sainte-Catherine, in his gray coat, cut after the fashion of Louis XIII.
Ten Years Later