Unfashionable garments from fringe districts (9)

I believe the answer is:

outskirts

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'fringe districts' is the definition.
'outskirts' can be an answer for 'districts' (outskirt is a kind of district). I am not sure about the 'fringe' bit.

'unfashionable garments' is the wordplay.
'unfashionable' becomes 'out' (synonyms).
'garments' becomes 'skirts' (skirt is a kind of garment).
'out'+'skirts'='OUTSKIRTS'

'from' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for outskirts that I've seen before include "borders" , "Suburbs" , "area away from town centre" , "Edges (of town)" , "surrounding area" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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