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noun
A person who creates or promotes high fashion, i.e. a fashion designer or fashion editor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A person who dresses according to the trends of fashion, or one who closely follows those trends.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: trendy, voguie, Corinthian, faddist, fashionable, fashionist, fashionista, hepcat, hepster, hipster, sophisto, snappy dresser, trendite, swell
Antonyms: none provided
History
From fashion + -ista. Compare earlier Sandinista, Peronista, Guardianista. Piecewise doublet of earlier fashionist.
Across languages
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
