Fashionista

//ˌfæ.ʃəˈnɪ.stə// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who creates or promotes high fashion, i.e. a fashion designer or fashion editor.

    "Toronto fashionista Suzanne Boyd, editor-in-chief of the soon-to-be-launched Zoomer magazine, recently moved back to Canada after living in Manhattan for the past four years."

  2. 2
    A person who dresses according to the trends of fashion, or one who closely follows those trends.

Synonyms

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corinthianfaddistfashionablefashionable personfashionisthepcat

Example

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"The 72-year-old fashionista has provided clothing for over 1000 movies, theater productions and fashion shows in the past 45 years."

Etymology

From fashion + -ista. Compare earlier Sandinista, Peronista, Guardianista. Piecewise doublet of earlier fashionist.

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