City very popular with Government and people of fashion (10)
I believe the answer is:
wellington
'city' is the definition.
(Wellington is an example)
'popular with government and people of fashion' is the wordplay.
'popular with' becomes 'wellin' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'government' becomes 'g' (abbreviation for government).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'people of fashion' becomes 'ton' ('the ton' could once mean fashionable society).
'wellin'+'g'+'ton'='WELLINGTON'
'very' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for wellington that I've seen before include "Victor at Waterloo" , "Former PM" , "NZ capital" , "beef-dish?" , "Kind of boot" .)