Fashionist
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 fashionista (A person who dresses according to the trends of fashion) archaic
"In the firſt place vve may conceive many of theſe ornaments vvere onely temporary, as uſed by the Fashioniſts of that age, vvhich, aftervvards diſuſed, both name and thing came to be aboliſhed. […] For inſtance, it vvould poſe a good Antiquary to deſcribe the exact faſhion of Herlots, Paltocks, Gits, Haketons, Tabards, Court-pies, Cheveſailes, and Gipſers: barbarous names, vvhich may ſeem to carry a Spell or Conjuration in the mention of them. Yet all theſe vvere kindes of garments, commonly uſed in England ſome four hundred years agoe."
Example
More examples"In the firſt place vve may conceive many of theſe ornaments vvere onely temporary, as uſed by the Fashioniſts of that age, vvhich, aftervvards diſuſed, both name and thing came to be aboliſhed. […] For inſtance, it vvould poſe a good Antiquary to deſcribe the exact faſhion of Herlots, Paltocks, Gits, Haketons, Tabards, Court-pies, Cheveſailes, and Gipſers: barbarous names, vvhich may ſeem to carry a Spell or Conjuration in the mention of them. Yet all theſe vvere kindes of garments, commonly uſed in England ſome four hundred years agoe."
Etymology
From fashion + -ist. Piecewise doublet of fashionista.
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