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fashion designer

fashion designer

27 3.3
A person who makes new clothes, bags, or shoes
  • noun
  • /ˈfæʃən dɪˈzaɪnər/
translation icon : diseñador de moda
  • Fashion designers for years have competed for the attention and discerning eye... of the female consumer.

This is my interview with fashion designer Melissa.

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Examples

  • I'm going to be a famous fashion designer.

  • The answer lay with American fashion designers.

    Academic text (2015)
  • First question, do fashion designers need to learn how to draw?

  • >> This is the search for the next big fashion designer.

  • After all, this is the fashion designer's job, and they do it very well.

    Blog text (9)
  • This is my interview with fashion designer Melissa.

  • Ruth was as gorgeous as ever, once a fashion model and now a fashion designer in Los Angeles.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • I have a friend who is a fashion designer in search of interns or assistants on occasion.

    Blog text (8)
  • Cline reiterates the need for more independent fashion designers who use and promote sustainable products.

    Blog text (20)
  • Many famous fashion designers create stunning collections each season.

Synonyms

designer
vsfashion designer
139 2.7

A person who makes fashionable clothes and accessories

is a professional who emphasizes creating new styles over current looks
couturier
vsfashion designer
2 9.9

A designer who makes stylish, custom clothes for women

is the general professional who designs ready-to-wear and accessories rather than custom women's garments
fashioner
vsfashion designer
5.3

A person who designs clothes and new styles

is a professional who designs clothing and accessories rather than mainly inventing trends
clothes designer
vsfashion designer
2.5

A person who plans how clothes will look and makes them

is broader covering both clothing and accessories and new styles

How Established

fashion designer
27 3.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

fashion + designer

The meaning is directly compositional: 'fashion' (styles of dress) combined with 'designer' (a person who designs) yields a person who designs fashion items. This noun–noun/attributive pattern is regular and cross‑linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the meaning.

Etymology

Fashion designer combines fashion (the way people dress) and designer (someone who plans or draws things). Imagine an artist sketching clothes and choosing fabrics to make new looks — that's the picture behind a fashion designer, so the phrase means 'a person who creates new styles of clothing'.