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designer

designer

139 2.7
A person who makes fashionable clothes and accessories
  • noun
  • /dɪˈzaɪnər/
translation icon : diseñador de moda
  • My wife is a talented clothing designer who creates beautiful dresses.
  • fashion designer
  • dress designer
  • clothing designer

And my good friend Todd Snyder, who's a men's designer, he buys from Alden.

Examples

  • Marie preened before the mirror, admiring herself in the designer dress Carl had bought for her homecoming day.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • At the fashion show, several famous designers showcased their latest collections.

  • So essentially this girl had this designer make her wedding dress.

  • Mom is a clothing designer and is very good at meeting new people.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • I'm not one to spend on designer clothes and designer shoes.

  • Prior to this, fashion designers in the United States were relatively unknown.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Yeah, that's why I want to be a fashion designer.

  • My wife's a clothing designer.

  • The French fashion designer was reading about the notorious A-bomb tests on the Bikini Islands in the South Pacific, and he decided to call his new two-piece bathing suit the bikini.

  • This designer is known for using sustainable materials in her fashionable accessories.

Synonyms

fashion designer
vsdesigner
27 3.3

A person who makes new clothes, bags, or shoes

is more general and not necessarily a trained or professional maker
couturier
vsdesigner
2 9.9

A designer who makes stylish, custom clothes for women

serves a broader market and includes accessories, not only bespoke women's clothes
fashioner
vsdesigner
5.3

A person who designs clothes and new styles

focuses on making fashionable items rather than prioritizing trend invention
clothes designer
vsdesigner
2.5

A person who plans how clothes will look and makes them

puts emphasis on fashion and accessories rather than routine clothing production

Compounds

A person who makes new clothes, bags, or shoes

A person who makes pictures and page or screen layouts using computers

A person who plans and decorates the inside of buildings

A person who plans and makes special clothes for actors in plays or films

5 7.6

A substance made by chemists to copy an illegal drug and avoid the law

A shoe made by a famous fashion brand that is usually expensive and stylish

1 3.5

A handbag made by a famous fashion brand that is often expensive

A company that sells high fashion clothes and accessories by famous designers

A person who plans how clothes will look and makes them

A person who leads the team that plans how things look and work

How Famous

celebrity
480 2.3
designer
139 2.7

Surface Forms

designer singular
designers plural

Morphology

designer = design (transparent) = design + er

Agentive derivation from the verb 'design' producing a fashion professional; composition is regular and predictable.

Etymology

Designer comes from design, made of de- ('out') and signare ('to mark'), the same root as sign. So a fashion designer is someone who plans the shapes, styles, and details of clothes and accessories.