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fashionista

fashionista

9 4.9
A person who loves fashion and follows or sets new styles
  • noun
  • /ˌfæʃəˈniːstə/
  • Informal
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  • My sister is such a fashionista that she always knows the latest runway trends.
  • fave fashionista
  • favorite fashionista
  • fashionista friend

I think that being a fashionista isn't the goal.

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Examples

  • I'm a cultural sociologist, a feminist, and a frugal fashionista.

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  • And the fashionistas at Style Bistro are still freaking out about the fedora

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  • I have never been a fashionista, but today I realized I have to clean up my act.

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  • I think that being a fashionista isn't the goal.

  • She is now an international star, some fashionista!

  • There was a time when the words CEO and fashionista seemed incompatible.

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  • There is a belief that you should at least own one Gucci item if you consider yourself a fashionista.

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  • Stephanie's new girlfriend Marlene is a genuine fashionista.

  • Cristi: Mommy by day, family counselor, photographer, blogger, and fashionista by night.

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  • She's a modern-day fashionista who exercises her multitasking muscle on a daily basis.

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Synonyms

dresser
vsfashionista
11 3.9

A person who pays attention to what they wear

is centrally about strong interest in trends and following or setting styles
taste-maker
vsfashionista
1 6.2

A person who makes new styles or ideas popular

is more generally interested in fashion, not mainly an influencer
fashion plate
vsfashionista
  • Archaic
1 6.5

A person who cares a lot about clothes and follows the latest styles

is about strong interest in fashion but can also set trends
chichi
vsfashionista
1 9.9

A person who dresses in a showy, fashionable way to impress people

expresses strong fashion interest without necessarily seeming pretentious
trend-setter
vsfashionista
3.8

A person who starts new fashions or ideas that others follow

can both follow and start trends rather than only starting them
clothes horse
vsfashionista
  • Informal
5.6

A person who likes fashionable clothes and enjoys dressing well

focuses on enthusiasm for clothes rather than leading or creating trends

How Fashionable

fashionista
  • Informal
9 4.9
dresser
11 3.9

Surface Forms

fashionista singular
fashionistas plural

Morphology

fashionista = fashion (transparent) = fashion + ista

Meaning is directly derived from 'fashion' plus the agentive suffix '-ista' meaning a person associated with fashion.

Etymology

The word fashionista comes from the common word fashion and the ending -ista, a suffix from Italian and Spanish that means 'a person who does or loves something', as in barista. So a fashionista is literally 'a person into fashion', which is why we use it for someone who follows or sets style trends.